Quail not laying.

[SouthernQuail]

I have 8 quail in a large outside pin. 6 F: 2 M . They have a nice safe run. We added 5 new girls about three weeks ago and the one hen I had that was laying has stopped. There pin is very clean. I feed an egg laying crumble, and supplement greens here and there to keep them happy. Why wont they lay?? I was getting an egg a day from the one, now nothing. I haven't even seen my male mount, and he is normally VERY active with the ladies. Any ideas?

 

[dc3085]

They will only lay eggs when there is a proper amount of day light to trigger their metabolism to lay. THis time of year they don't get enough light. Buy a full spectrum bulb and increase their light so they get 14-16 hours of light per day. If they are molting wait until they finish or you can cause a double molt.

 

[SouthernQuail]

Thanks for the info I will try that. Merry Christmas!

 

[Invision]

also stress from adding the new birds could cause them to stop temporarily adding light and giving them time to get use to each other should solve the issue.