Blue Quail Eggs?! With Picture

[chickenz101]

My quail a month ago started to lay eggs and every single one of them has been blue, i dont think normal japanese quail lay blue eggs, do they?!

 

[chickenz101]

 

[Denninmi]

I don't know what determines shell or "splotch" color in Coturnix. Last year, when I mail ordered several different batches of eggs from different vendors, I got all brown/rusty toned in one, one batch came sort of mostly greenish looking background with brown splotches and a few that were distinctly blue, and one had some of both the brownish and greenish ones.

I don't know if its genetic or environmental due to feed, climate, etc.? But its fun to see the different colors. As someone who used to work as a florist, I could see potential for them as craft eggs if dehydrated.

 

[chickenz101]

Thanks for the reply!

LOL

 

[JJMR794]

COTURNIX EGGS MAY BE NORMAL KINDA LIGHT TAN WITH OR WITHOUT SPOTS, THEY CAN HAVE A VARYING SHADE OF GREEN, OR BLUE, OR EVEN PURPLE... ALL WITH OR WITHOUT SPOTS... REALLY ALOT OF VARIANCE IN THEM. ITS 1 OF THEIR "COOL" TRAITS

 

[chickenz101]

oh ok thanks!

 

[littlequail21]

i love the patterns myself i have a few eggs that are brown spotted....white in the middle and then brown again..talk about neat!

 

[aprophet]

and when the paint shop is broken they even come in white

 

[TheRealTimShady]

those are some awesome looking blue eggs

 

[shelleyd2008]

I have a few hens that lay eggs like that, some lay eggs that are 'green', some lay eggs that are dark tan with spots...it's just how they are