No eggs since hot weather week began

[Julie-S]

Just wondering if hens occasionally take a break for no reason of if hot weather slows them down. I have some quail hens that were laying regularly and then we got this heat alert for the week. I went outside to collect eggs and for two days I found one instead of 6 or 10. I just basically rebuilt and sealed everything to make sure mice could not get in, and it has been regular. Wondering if you guys find that weather effects their laying? I didn't even bother to go check today, we have a few more days of this heat wave.

 

[nuthatched]

Yep, they slack off its it's really hot.

 

[Micket]

Most chicken and duck's tend to stop laying when the weather becomes to hot or cold so would expect quail to be similar

 

[Cool-breeze7]

My hens got to be laying age right at a hot streak here. They didn’t start laying until close to 14 weeks. I feel good blaming the hot weather we had.