Are Quail able to lay fertile eggs year round?

[Samuel_Quality_Quail]

If I kept a breeding trio of quail together (one rooster and two hens) would the eggs stay fertile year-round or are quail limited to a breeding season. I am trying to figure out how many eggs I could hatch in an incubator year round. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

 

[Nabiki]

As long as they have enough light they will be fertile year 'round. They need at least 14 hours of light per day.

Your roo may overbreed your hens if you only have two for him, though.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

What species?

 

[Charlie Wooster]

Coturnix? If you provide extra light it will help them lay thru winter. I would get a few more hens.. 5/1 or 6/1 ratio works best that I’ve found and get a 90% fertility rate on eggs.. 8/1 is the max I’ve used and it drops significantly at 8 hens to 1 rooster, 65%..

 

[Charlie Wooster]

Also with just 2 hens you will be greatly limited on number of fertile eggs at a given time (smaller hatches equal less wiggle room in case something goes wrong) just my opinion, if you are going to take the time to hatch, make it count..

 

[NatJ]

If I kept a breeding trio of quail together (one rooster and two hens) would the eggs stay fertile year-round or are quail limited to a breeding season. I am trying to figure out how many eggs I could hatch in an incubator year round. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

My experience is with chickens, not quail. But with chickens, if conditions are right for the females to lay eggs, that usually means conditions are right for the male to be fertile too.

I would expect something similar with quail (if eggs get laid at all, they will probably be fertile), but I do not know enough about quail to be quite certain.