Do Texas A&M Quail Hatch from Non-Speckled Eggs?

RainForestBird · Oct 22, 2016

Just wondering if the pure white or cream colored eggs hatch A&M quail? I noticed that my A&M quail lay eggs with no spots, but they just started laying and maybe its just a fluke. The brown ones seem to lay speckled eggs. I really prefer the quail with color, so if this is the case I would just weed out the white / cream eggs and incubate the speckled eggs.

eHuman · Oct 23, 2016

It's a noob egg misprint. I just got one from a 6 week old last night. It will sort itself out. It is perfectly edible but not likely fertile.

pkhunter · Oct 23, 2016

RainForestBird said:
Just wondering if the pure white or cream colored eggs hatch A&M quail? I noticed that my A&M quail lay eggs with no spots, but they just started laying and maybe its just a fluke. The brown ones seem to lay speckled eggs. I really prefer the quail with color, so if this is the case I would just weed out the white / cream eggs and incubate the speckled eggs.

A&Ms will lay a speckled egg just like your brown quail. I cant never get an off colored egg to hatch so I just feed them back to my quail.

RainForestBird · Oct 24, 2016

Good to know. I get them when they are shipped to me from online sellers so maybe they shouldn't be sending them, and passing them off as fertile.

poultrymad · Oct 27, 2016

I have the odd one come of the quail occasionally can be from any coloured bird. They just go in the incubator with the rest and they hatch as well as the rest. Only difference between them and a normal egg is the colour.

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