How many eggs do they(quail)lay in the wild?

[someusername]

I don't want to over stress my quail into laying eggs, and how many eggs do they lay in the wild? I dont want to force the into laying n egg a day, which they probably dont do in the wild, but what is the lowest(in the wild) level that the modern domesticated quail lay? and how do i get them to lay less than one egg a day?

 

[JaeG]

Quail are seasonal layers so as soon as the length of daylight becomes too short (they generally need 12-14 hours) they will stop laying. I don't provide supplemental light so they get a winter break and my old girls were still laying really well at 3 years old (until a darned rat got them).

My Button quail will lay 8-10ish eggs then sit so I'm assuming a clutch would be around that number for coturnix.