that’s amazing that they’ve learned to go in at night! as far as the raccoon, we’ve never had an issue with them taking the bait and not getting caught. we have used cheap canned cat food mostly in the live trap and use vienna wieners in foothold traps for best results.
no, the raccoon will never give up and will continue stressing and trying to get the birds until successful. quail don’t have a “coop” instinct and trying to get them to go inside at night can also add stress. ideal male:female ratio is 1:5
personally, I would recommend predator removal by...
if you got a second egg today, chances are that they will all be laying soon......quail are very finicky and some are particular about where they lay while others will lay anywhere. if they are fairly new to you and have had additional stress of potential predators, it can all effect laying...
post pics and we can try to help with age and also look for any mistaken genders. what type of housing and feed are you using?? 14-16 hours of daylight is also key to maximum laying in quail. many quail tend to be delayed by a couple weeks with stress from changing environment as well if they...