How many eggs does a Coturnix hen lay a year?

[PrinceSandwich]

How many eggs will a Coturnix hen lay a year when she's not on lighting?
I know I've probably read the answer to this question lots of times I just can't seem to remember.
Also how many more will she lay if she IS on lighting?

 

[JJMR794]

With Lighting And Proper Care Up To About 300 Eggs A Yr. Without Lighting???

 

[joe125]

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Extra lighting increases the laying time during short light periods, not the total number of eggs they lay.

A coturnix hen lays (roughly) an egg a day given the proper amount of light and proper care. Of course, they miss a day or 52 over the course of a year due to a number of factors. 300/year is the average. That's just their nature, and trying to fine tune lighting to make them lay more than that is just folly....IMHO

 

[PrinceSandwich]

Well if they lay an egg a day, and their laying season ( without light) is from April to October that means over the course of their laying season each hen would lay 210 eggs. So in order to get 300 eggs in a year I think you would probably have to have lighting in the winter. Meaning that light does offect how many eggs a hen will lay in a year.

 

[joe125]

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You are correct there my friend.
Maybe I didn't properly explain what I meant by the term "SHORT LIGHT PERIODS". I meant that in the winter, you will have to add extra lighting, to get more than your 210 eggs/year. Sorry, I thought that was a given.

My point (Which I obviously didn't explain properly) was that once you allow for (Diet) proper lighting, throughout the year....No amount of lighting will press them to lay any more than 211-356 they would normally lay when given extra lighting.