What is the best breed of quail for eggs?

[fancbrd4me02]

The reason I ask is I prefer to keep birds a lot longer than most people do, so if they lay for a couple of years that would be okay.

 

[cottagechick]

Did anyone have them lay for more than two years?

 

[JJMR794]

THEY LAY UNTIL DEATH, WHICH MAY BE QUITE A FEW YEARS AFTER HATCH. EGGS DO DECREASE IN NUMBERS WITH ADVANCED AGE OF THE HEN, BUT THEY ALSO INCREAS IN SIZE AND FERTILITY REMAINS CONSTANT

Did anyone have them lay for more than two years?

 

[TwoCrows]

I have some Bobs that are 5 years old this year and will be laying come spring. All the 4 year old girls were still laying last year, although a couple of them started to lay shelless eggs. One girl stopped laying in August while the others continued on till the end of Sept. So quail will lay for quite a few years and as JJ has said, until death.

 

[JLfarm]

Do they go broody ( coturnix ) ?