They take a little longer to mature and should start laying eggs at around twelve weeks old. You may know them as King or Chinese Painted quail. The button quail is also very popular to raise. All varieties are dependable layers and will average one egg per day – she will rival your best chicken egg layers! Button Jumbos are fan favorites because their size makes them suitable for meat. They are fast to mature and can start laying eggs in just seven weeks. The Coturnix is hands down the best and most popular quail to raise for eggs and meat. This tends to give it a depth of taste that a chickens’ egg might lack.Īlso you need to remember that the birds’ diet will add something to the taste too. It is best described as mild, slightly gamey, rich, tangy, earthy and like a duck egg!Ĭertainly these eggs are rich because they have more yolk and less egg white. The taste of a quail egg is a bit difficult to pin down. Quail eggs are usually around 35mm long and will only weigh 0.4-0.5oz (12-16gm). This makes them perfect in the wild because they are camouflaged very well. The base color of the egg is an off-white tint with lots of dark brown speckles and splotches. Quail eggs are roughly one third the size of a chickens’ egg. However here in the US the number of folks keeping quail is rapidly rising because they are easy to raise and fairly affordable. These days the vast majority of quail are kept and raised in China. Here in the US a dozen quail eggs will cost you anywhere from $0.30-$1 per egg depending on availability.
Quail eggs remain an expensive item in most parts of the world.
Since quail eggs are rarely pasteurized women who are pregnant and people with a lowered immunity status should be cautious about eating them. Their eggs may be small in size but nutritionally quail eggs are about the same as a chickens’ egg. Some of these little birds were also kept as songbirds. The farming of quail for meat and eggs started way back in the eleventh century in Japan. In the wild quail are lucky to survive over one year of age, and in captivity two years seems to be the norm. These birds mainly live in bushy environments but there are some species, like the South America, that are forest dwellers. In total there are over 120 species worldwide and they are divided into Old World (95) and New World (32). Quail are actually members of the pheasant and partridge family.
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