You could say that one area is a bedroom, another is a living room and the third is a front porch area. Eggs are laid and incubated in the back bedroom. When the chicks are about a month old, they are moved to the living room, and more eggs may then be laid in the bedroom area. The parents then use the porch area to guard their eggs and babies. In the wild, these nests can be huge and quite heavy.
Quakers are prolific and easy breeders.
These birds are sexually mature at 1-2 years of age, although it's usually closer to the latter. The average clutch size is four to eight eggs, and a second clutch is usually started when the first is about 4 weeks old. Incubation time is 23-26 days, and babies fledge at six to eight weeks of age. Handfed babies wean at eight to ten weeks of age, although some Quakers wean earlier or later. Materials for nest building appear to be much appreciated by the pair, but are not absolutely essential for a pair to go to nest.