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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?!
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Blue Quail Eggs?! With Picture
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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.
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.
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Thanks for the reply!
LOL
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
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oh ok thanks!
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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!
and when the paint shop is broken they even come in white
those are some awesome looking blue eggs
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
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