My girl stopped laying!?!

[secretquail]

This was the 1st winter I had quail, and I wasn't sure about the temps, so I had a low watt blue light in their box just so it wouldn't get too fridged. Of course, then she layed about an egg a day for me all through the winter. Once the temps were consistantly above freezing, I remover the light. She hasn't given me an egg since! I feed her game bird crumbles with crushed corn kernals and oyster shell mixed in. She has a boyfriend for company, and I gave them a nice sandbox where they spend all their time anymore. What am I doing wrong? Did she just lay all her 'spring' eggs for me during the winter? Anyone else have this problem?

 

[UmbraVulpis]

Two big problems for you but nothing you can't fix. Quail don't like having anything changed so taking the light away could easily make them go on strike. Additionally, quail need long days to lay eggs. The heat light was providing her with the extended daylight she needed. To get her to lay again you'll have to either add the light back or wait until the days get long enough.

 

[secretquail]

Thanks, that's what I thought, well, hoped. I'll just give her the time she needs. Unfortunately, I have 26 eggs in the bator, and I'm in the middle of building an aviary for everyone, so the change has only just begun.

poor girl, stress is so debilitating!