how many eggs will a quail lay

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EITHER THAT OR WHEN CAPTIVE THEY SIMPLY DONT WANNA PLAY THE GAME???

CASE IN POINT, MANY RESTOCKING PROGRAMS (ALLBEIT THE SUCCESS RATES ABSOLUTE SUCK, >2%) ARE PRODUCING A SUCESSFUL REGENERATING BIRDS. SO CAPTIVE DO KNOW HOW TO BROOD, BUT MORE LIKELY WONT IN CAPTIVITY

In Pennsylvania the game commission is spending 50 million to restock bobs

so they wont brood in captivity but if released into the wild they would be more likely to brood?

I like this thread as it kind of answers a question I have. I have a friend that raises Bob Whites for hunting farms. He said I could have some. I was going to raise some for eggs and release some as the Bob Whites here are gone for the most part.
My question is do cage raised Bob Whites have a chance to survive in the wild. I do not want to hunt them. I'll keep some caged ones for myself. But I like to hear them call in the morning and would like to have some arround the farm as I just think they are a neat little bird.

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As has been said before, it may not be legal in your state to release pen raised Bob's. This being said, when you release pen raised quail, you are sending them off to their deaths. They have no idea or instincts left in them to survive. They will most likely be preyed upon on the first few nights and the ones not eaten will be left to starve to death or die of thirst. I am sure their are some that do survive for a short period of time, but it is rare.

Well I afraid of that. The darn University released a bunch of Hawks up here about ten years ago and all of our song birds and game birds are gone now. I had hoped to at least have a few quail back arround the house. I'll just keep them penned up and raise and eat the the males and let the hens lay. Thanks for the quick reply. Donald

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As has been said before, it may not be legal in your state to release pen raised Bob's. This being said, when you release pen raised quail, you are sending them off to their deaths. They have no idea or instincts left in them to survive. They will most likely be preyed upon on the first few nights and the ones not eaten will be left to starve to death or die of thirst. I am sure their are some that do survive for a short period of time, but it is rare.

If you mean my place we've got plenty of habitat. I live on a mountain and there's Hardwood and pine forest. hay fields, corn fields, cattle fields, apple orchards, peach orchards, hedge rows, fence rows. Half the mountainis National forest and can't be cut. Not much has changed here except for the state and university adding preditors "because we don't have enough". We got Coyotes now as well but the Quail were long gone before that. The Coyotes have killed off most of the rabbits, foxes, bob cats, deer and everyones pets.


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YOUR PROBLEM ISNT A LACK OF QUAIL POPULATION, ITS A LACK OF NATURAL HABITAT. UNTIL THATS FIXED YOU CAN RELEASE BILLIONS AND STILL HAVE NO QUAIL WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO...

RAISING BOBS FOR RESTOCKING IS A SERIOUS SPECIALTY THAT IF ALLOWED AT ALL IS CLOSELY MONITORED AND REGULATED BY LAW IN MOST STATES FOR GOOD REASON. MANY THINK ITS A FOOL'S ERRAND AS THE SURVIVAL TO REPRODUCTION AGE SUCESS RATE IS USUALLY LESS THAN 2% AND THATS WITH PROPER HABITAT. NEVERMIND SENDING THEM OFF TO A SURE DEATH, THE BIGGER OVERALL CONCERN IS RELEASING A DISEASE CARRYING DOMESTICALLY RAISED BOB WHITE INTO THE WILD AND IT SHARING THIS DISEASE WITH WHAT FEW WILD BIRDS YOU MAY HAVE... WITH THE END RESULT BEING AN EPIDEMIC THAT KILLS OFF ALL BOB WHITES FOR 3 STATES IN ANY DIRECTION. OFTEN TIMES THE POSSIBLE RAMIFICATIONS ARE EASILY OVERLOOKED. ITS A GREAT IDEA IN THEORY, BUT CAN BE A MOST DANGEROUS ACTIVITY IN PRACTICE- ALL UNBEKNOWNST TO THE WELL MEANING SOUL THAT DOES IT

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YOUR PROBLEM ISNT A LACK OF QUAIL POPULATION, ITS A LACK OF NATURAL HABITAT. UNTIL THATS FIXED YOU CAN RELEASE BILLIONS AND STILL HAVE NO QUAIL WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO...

RAISING BOBS FOR RESTOCKING IS A SERIOUS SPECIALTY THAT IF ALLOWED AT ALL IS CLOSELY MONITORED AND REGULATED BY LAW IN MOST STATES FOR GOOD REASON. MANY THINK ITS A FOOL'S ERRAND AS THE SURVIVAL TO REPRODUCTION AGE SUCESS RATE IS USUALLY LESS THAN 2% AND THATS WITH PROPER HABITAT. NEVERMIND SENDING THEM OFF TO A SURE DEATH, THE BIGGER OVERALL CONCERN IS RELEASING A DISEASE CARRYING DOMESTICALLY RAISED BOB WHITE INTO THE WILD AND IT SHARING THIS DISEASE WITH WHAT FEW WILD BIRDS YOU MAY HAVE... WITH THE END RESULT BEING AN EPIDEMIC THAT KILLS OFF ALL BOB WHITES FOR 3 STATES IN ANY DIRECTION. OFTEN TIMES THE POSSIBLE RAMIFICATIONS ARE EASILY OVERLOOKED. ITS A GREAT IDEA IN THEORY, BUT CAN BE A MOST DANGEROUS ACTIVITY IN PRACTICE- ALL UNBEKNOWNST TO THE WELL MEANING SOUL THAT DOES IT


quail habitat loss is normally due to "clean farming" techniques instituting a predator control program goes a long way in the survival of quail in a given area during trapping season here I tend to "whack and stack" after trapping season ends I do not have any preds around for 4-6 months my birds are stress free the few wild birds that live close by here have seemed to flourish under the constant program the habitat here is Ideal I live in a really marshy area I have a wild covey or 3 in a 20-25 sq mile area

thanks for the replys