A question

[Kale the Quail]

henlo, I have question. It's probably a very stupid question.
Is it possible for there to be twins (two quails in an egg.) of quail?
thank you I was just wondering

 

[Nabiki]

henlo, I have question. It's probably a very stupid question.
Is it possible for there to be twins (two quails in an egg.) of quail?
thank you I was just wondering

It's possible, but extremely unlikely to survive to hatch.

 

[Quailobsessed]

It has happened before (at least with chickens, not sure about quails), but it's super rare for both chicks, if any, to survive.

Have your quails laid eggs with two yolks? I've had several of those.

These are all from japanese quails.

The middle is a regular size, the right is a fairy egg (smaller than a king quail egg, not much bigger than a finch egg) and the left is a double yolker (same size as a golden pheasant egg).

 

[Kale the Quail]

I've never had a two yolk egg. The thought just came to me and i got curios

 

[Fenrisulfr]

I also never had a two-yolked egg in 2 years. But my latest hatched quails produce them like crazy.... had about 6 of them in the last 10 days.
Maybe because the lay-intesine is still in developement.

 

[FloorCandy]

I also never had a two-yolked egg in 2 years. But my latest hatched quails produce them like crazy.... had about 6 of them in the last 10 days.
Maybe because the lay-intesine is still in developement.

There could be a genetic element as well. Get the right group together and suddenly twin eggs.

You should try to hatch twins! If you could get them to develop you would probably need to assist the hatch. It would be fun having identical quail, especially if they are a pattern that would make it noticeable. You could document your twins birth and lives.

 

[Fenrisulfr]

I will think about it

 

[Nabiki]

@Kiki almost got a set recently. They fully developed, but didn't hatch.

 

[Kiki]

@Kiki almost got a set recently. They fully developed, but didn't hatch.

So close they were.
I think they died one day before hatch.

 

[Quailobsessed]

There could be a genetic element as well. Get the right group together and suddenly twin eggs.

You should try to hatch twins! If you could get them to develop you would probably need to assist the hatch. It would be fun having identical quail, especially if they are a pattern that would make it noticeable. You could document your twins birth and lives.

I was considering this when I get my next double-yolker.