quail laying

Hi there, I have been receiving eggs from my 9-week old girls since June 14th, around that time I found a celadon egg. No one has laid the same egg since then, all the rest have been standard. Some have celadon speckles ontop of the standard coloring. Has anyone exper3inced this? Do you think...

Hi all i have two males in withe a group of hens two are several months old but the others are only 7 they have not started laying yet but the males are breeding with them. Can this effect them from laying by causing stress?

When do quail start laying eggs? According to google they start at 6-8 weeks, but some websites say 4 weeks. Let's settle this debate, when do quail start laying?

We recently got 6 jumbo courtnix a few weeks back. The man we purchased form said his lay in 5 weeks, ours are 8 weeks old and still nothing. We are in Texas and have supplemental lighting from as soon as it gets dark to 8 (Around 13 hours). We have them on Purina game bird (19% protein). We...

Hey! I've been going thru and finding different feed info and I KNOW I'm overthinking it. Can you guys help me out a bit and let me know what food you feed yours with? And what extras or 'snacks' they enjoy having in their diet in addition to the normal feed ? I found the starter grower I...

It’s Autumn in New Zealand and I have 4 Japanese Cortunix Quails. One Male three Females. They live in a quail hutch but are about to be moved into a new enclosure. Only one of my females is laying and she’s laying one of those bumpy pale eggs. I’ve put more nutrition on her diet but is there...

Hello -- I own three celadon coturnix quail (two males, one female) as pets. All of them are three and a half months old and are separated to prevent biting. The female began laying around mid-December. She lays one egg everyday aside from occasionally skipped days. However, she makes a cry-call...

I’ve read up on when quails are supposed to start laying, 6 weeks. Mine are 7-8 weeks and I have 3:1 quail ratio, I know that it’s supposed to be about 4:1 but they seem to be doing fine even though I only have 3 girls. Their hutch is outside and I bring them out on the grass in a playpen every...