Raising quail part 5: Preparing for your first eggs and harvest

Depending on the time of year, you might see your first eggs when the quail turn 6 weeks old.

Quail generally start laying eggs some time between 6 to 8 weeks of age. (Those are the ages I’ll cover in next week’s final post in this series about raising quail.) In the weeks before this maturity, quail eat a lot. Their bodies grow fast and they need nutrients to grow out all of their feathers, and the hens’ bodies prepare to produce their first eg…