While I breed many quail for different reasons, my prime focuses are body size, egg size, color, and growth rate. However, the more I have successfully bred birds for specific traits, the more interested I’ve become in growing larger birds to create a dual-purpose (meat and egg) covey. I enjoyed having pets when I started, and Stella was the foundation of my current stock. Currently I’m interested in homesteading and self-sufficiency, using Coturnix quail as a food source rather than breeding pets. A decade of breeding later, my goals have changed. Stella passed on at the very old age of seven (an average life span is 3 to 4 years). The offspring made wonderful pets, and that was my primary goal. I wanted calm birds and a peaceful covey, so I kept the most docile males and bred them with docile females. Photo by author.Īt first, I was just breeding for disposition. My Jumbo Pharaoh line is in its 43 rd generation of selective breeding, and I add new blood every few generations to avoid issues with undesirable genetic mutations.Įnglish White breed. If you want to add new blood (new stock breeding) into the line (which is considered a good practice), you introduce new birds with the desired traits into your breeding program. In line breeding, you breed sons with their mothers or fathers to their daughters, thus continuing a specific genetic line. There are two overall ways to breed for specific traits: line breeding and new stock breeding. Offspring with the desired trait (feather pattern, size, disposition) are kept for future breeding the chicks without those traits are culled. This might be certain feather color patterns, heights, or bill sizes. You begin with a parent pair who have traits you’re interested in passing on to their offspring. Selective breeding can be done with any poultry species. This is why quail eggs are in facial and in hair care products.Stella next to offspring. Photo by author.
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Women find that the egg improves skin color and strengthens hair. In men, quail eggs provide the prostate gland with phosphorus, proteins, and vitamins that can be a powerful stimulant for sexual potency. Children eating quail eggs are less inclined to suffer from infectious diseases than other children do. If you are a sufferer of kidney, liver, or gallbladder stones, quail eggs can help prevent and remove these types of stones. The Chinese use quail eggs to help treat tuberculosis, asthma, and even diabetes. They help with anemia by increasing the level of hemoglobin in the body while removing toxins and heavy metals. Quail eggs strengthen the immune system, promote memory health, increase brain activity and stabilize the nervous system. They are a natural combatant against digestive tract disorders such as stomach ulcers. Regular consumption of quail eggs helps fight against many diseases. It is recorded that Chinese medical practitioners have used quail eggs for thousands of years to remedy ailments such as rhinitis, asthma, hay fever, and spasmodic cough along with skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis.
The quail egg is prized as a dietary and healing food. The versatility of offering both eggs and meat in abundant quantities is the benefit of raising Coturnix quail. They are excellent layers and typically weigh 12 to 14oz.
Jumbo Brown or “Pharaoh Coturnix” are a bigger jumbo dual-purpose quail. We have both eggs and quail for sale on an ongoing basis from late April through September. Jumbo Brown Coturnix Quail for sale! Coturnix (also called Japanese) quail are an excellent and inexpensive way to add eggs and meat production source for your family.
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