Only 25-40? I had read that they lay 200 eggs a year, year round, but then someone told me different so I thought I would ask. I would never want to shorten their lifespan. Thank you for answering my questions! Do you know anything about how many eggs Blue Scale lay? I keep getting mixed answers on them too.
Blue Scale will lay about the same as Valleys. Some may lay a few more and some may lay less, I've heard of a few birds laying 50 to 60 eggs in a season but none of mine have layed that many eggs in a season. 25 to 40 is typically how many eggs can be layed in a season.
Ok, so you wouldn’t suggest these for egg production too… I am good with keeping them as pets though. Any other quails than Coturnix you would suggest for eggs?
You can certainly eat the eggs if you like. They're a little smaller than coturnix.
How many eggs they lay depends on whether you pull the eggs. If you pull eggs, they'll continue to lay (don't know how many but I will go with what others have said: 25-40 eggs per year). If you don't pull the eggs, they'll stop at around 15 eggs and start incubation (provided that they content in their environmental). They do not lay year long, they start in the spring and stop sometime in summer. I don't know how long California quail actually live in a healthy and safe environment, but they should continue laying for the majority of their lives.
