Are eggs from Jumbos smaller?

[katiebob]

Hi All,
I currently have juvenile coturnix that I plan to keep for eggs. I am interested in the Jumbo, though I just read that their eggs are smaller. Do any of you have Jumbos and is it true?
Thanks

 

[Schroeder]

Never heard this. I'm anxious to hear from the experts.

 

[Bil]

I won't say they are smaller, but comparing my A&M eggs with the jumbo, they are almost exactly the same size.

Bil

 

[JJMR794]

Jumbos traditionally lay the biggest coturnix eggs. In proportion to the hens size they would be considered xl eggs.

 

[youridreezen]

if you want eggs don't go for jumbos.
but no they do not lay smaller eggs but are not a lot bigger.

cheers youri.

 

[shelleyd2008]

My jumbos lay good sized eggs, but my whites' eggs are about the same size. Now the other pharoah-sized birds (my whites are pharoah-sized) do lay eggs that are smaller than the jumbos.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Why do you say that? My jumbos are the only ones still laying, and they never skipped a beat this summer.

 

[worldling]

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I agree. If you just want eggs then go with the little browns (pharoah). Larger eggs are nice, but the higher food cost ratio for jumbos isn't worth the size difference in eggs. Meat is a different story.

If you think you want both eggs and meat, then go with jumbos, or both. Just my suggestion.

 

[shelleyd2008]

I have 12 jumbos in a cage together. They have a long chick feeder for their food. If I fed them every day (which I do not), it would be the equivalent to 1 & 1/3 frosting cups-full

My pharoah-sized birds get a frosting cup every 3 days...and that's for no more than 6 birds per cage on the pharoahs

 

[youridreezen]

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I agree. If you just want eggs then go with the little browns (pharoah). Larger eggs are nice, but the higher food cost ratio for jumbos isn't worth the size difference in eggs. Meat is a different story.

If you think you want both eggs and meat, then go with jumbos, or both. Just my suggestion.

thats what i mean.

cheers youri.