bob white life span

[omega ridge]

My current (second) batch of bob whites are a little over a year old now and have laid eggs all winter here in Texas. My question is should I maintain this batch for another year before releasing them? I believe their life span is around three years. They are doing so well laying (I am selling the eggs) I am thinking to keep them another year and incubate more next year. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

[jchiar]

Keep them laying if you release them they will last about one day you have a better chance of birds surviving if they are released just after getting flight feathers