Quail not mating

[Quailophilic]

These are eggs of above females . And the female below she and one other of same color donot lay any eggs but they are 4 months old too.they have plenty of light as it is summer now.but they donot lay at all.This is the problem with the females.

 

[Quailophilic]

Some more pictures of the male.

 

[Quailobsessed]

I had a pair of quails who I bought together when they were two months old. The female never laid eggs and the male tried to mate with her, but was always unsuccessful. Two months later, the male suddenly died (I'm not sure how). I bought another male and female (who was already laying. She laid an egg on the way home) who were about the same age as my other female. The male was immediately mating with both females. The next day, both females laid, and they both laid every day for the next few months (until one went broody).

Is the male related to the females? Did they grow up together? Sometimes, when they grew up together, the don't form a mate bond, but rather still see each other as siblings (this especially happens with king quails though). This could be nothing to do with it.

Also, sometimes the males aren't quite as hormone crazy.

He is a beautiful male by the way

 

[Pandaisy]

Maybe he is just a late bloomer, some males struggle with figuring out how to mate with the hens. I am sure he will get there eventually. Are the hens laying down for him? My rooster and his hen are siblings, never kept him from mating with her.

 

[Quailobsessed]

Maybe he is just a late bloomer, some males struggle with figuring out how to mate with the hens. I am sure he will get there eventually. Are the hens laying down for him? My rooster and his hen are siblings, never kept him from mating with her.

I'm more talking about that the females might not want their brother mating with them.

 

[Fenrisulfr]

Beautiful male though. Never seen a color like that

Me neither ... are you sure he is Coturnix Japonica? Also the first favorite female is not colored, what I would expect from Japanese Quails.

If I need to bet, I would say Bobwhites (the male and the first favorite female)
But the color is not matching exactly with Bobwhites, and I am not experienced with them.

 

[Quailobsessed]

They all look like japanese quails to me (bobwhites look quite different).

 

[Quailophilic]

I had a pair of quails who I bought together when they were two months old. The female never laid eggs and the male tried to mate with her, but was always unsuccessful. Two months later, the male suddenly died (I'm not sure how). I bought another male and female (who was already laying. She laid an egg on the way home) who were about the same age as my other female. The male was immediately mating with both females. The next day, both females laid, and they both laid every day for the next few months (until one went broody).

Is the male related to the females? Did they grow up together? Sometimes, when they grew up together, the don't form a mate bond, but rather still see each other as siblings (this especially happens with king quails though). This could be nothing to do with it.

Also, sometimes the males aren't quite as hormone crazy.

He is a beautiful male by the way

No he is not at all related to the female.

 

[Quailophilic]

Me neither ... are you sure he is Coturnix Japonica? Also the first favorite female is not colored, what I would expect from Japanese Quails.

If I need to bet, I would say Bobwhites (the male and the first favorite female)
But the color is not matching exactly with Bobwhites, and I am not experienced with them.

All of them are coturnix japonica

 

[Quailophilic]

Maybe he is just a late bloomer, some males struggle with figuring out how to mate with the hens. I am sure he will get there eventually. Are the hens laying down for him? My rooster and his hen are siblings, never kept him from mating with her.

I hope so, he will figure out how to mate.