How common are all white quail eggs?

[Quailboy99]

I recently got an egg from my coturnix quail, and it is almost pure white. It has only a tiny bit of brown on it. Is that common?

All the other eggs I have gotten have been normal colored. I only have 2 girl quails and 1 boy in a pen all by themselves. I feed them good food and they get treats and lots of light.

How can I encourage this trait?

 

[ssbs]

Funny you should ask. I JUST pulled my first white egg less than 10 minutes ago.. White eggs are laid prematurely, the "paint" goes on last.

If you want white eggs get bobwhite quail

 

[shelleyd2008]

Usually a white egg (one without spots) is caused from stress...meaning that for some reason the hen laid the egg early. The spots get 'put on' right before the egg is laid, that's why it transfers so easily if you pick up a freshly laid egg

Though I did have one hen that laid white eggs all the time, I guess her 'paint' department was broken

 

[tracybishop]

I just got my first white egg today

 

[ChickenLegs13]

I get 1 white egg out of 100 or so eggs. The chicks hatch looking like the parents; a white egg doesn't mean it's going to be a white chick if that's what you were wondering.

 

[Spacehopper1]

I recently got an egg from my coturnix quail, and it is almost pure white. It has only a tiny bit of brown on it. Is that common?

All the other eggs I have gotten have been normal colored. I only have 2 girl quails and 1 boy in a pen all by themselves. I feed them good food and they get treats and lots of light.

How can I encourage this trait?

There is a white egg gene in all Cortunix. It lays dormant in the early egg laying stages and "can" show up after a period of time. I have one out of 9 Quail females that just started laying solid white eggs. She is 2.5 years old now. I feed them crumble / greens / an assortment of seeds / apples and I also feed them eggshells from chickens and quail that have been crushed and baked in the oven for 15-20 min on 225 degrees or you can do a 10 min bake on 150 degrees. They also get grit and occasionally oyster shell / but they prefer the crushed/baked eggshells.
Hopes this help...there is no connection to disease or diet that has been discovered or pursued. \
Charlotte