Quail Egg suppliers to Supermarkets - Question

[Vampiric_Conure]

I'm wondering what Coturnix types are most often kept as breeding and laying stock for supermarkets? I'm guessing Jumbo Wild types, but I realize some specialize in breeding their own variation to meet their suppliers' needs. Just curious.

 

[vall]

A few people have hatched supermarket eggs and while they are mostly jumbo brown, I think I recall seeing either Italian or tux or something a little less common hatch.

Jumbo usually refers to bird size, but there are some egg layer strains. Larger eggs and slightly smaller bird.

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

A few people have hatched supermarket eggs and while they are mostly jumbo brown, I think I recall seeing either Italian or tux or something a little less common hatch.

Jumbo usually refers to bird size, but there are some egg layer strains. Larger eggs and slightly smaller bird.

Cool! I plan on experimenting with store bought quail eggs and see what I come up with. LOL! I might get nothing, all of them might hatch. Who knows.

 

[FloorCandy]

Cool! I plan on experimenting with store bought quail eggs and see what I come up with. LOL! I might get nothing, all of them might hatch. Who knows.

I think I’ve seen people hatch pharoah, Italian, and Texas a&m from grocery store eggs. Those tend to be the most common of the colors and patterns bred up to jumbo, but southwest gamebirds advertises a lot of variety available in jumbo sized, so if you wanted a sure thing you can check them out.

 

[CovidtimeQuail]

A few people have hatched supermarket eggs and while they are mostly jumbo brown, I think I recall seeing either Italian or tux or something a little less common hatch.

Jumbo usually refers to bird size, but there are some egg layer strains. Larger eggs and slightly smaller bird.

I had three hatch from supermarket eggs, two whites and one Italian. The one that I still have, the Italian, is smaller than the rest (most of mine are jumbo-ish) and doesn't lay a whole lot of eggs. Still, it was fun hatching them.

 

[NY Coturnix]

I'm wondering what Coturnix types are most often kept as breeding and laying stock for supermarkets? I'm guessing Jumbo Wild types, but I realize some specialize in breeding their own variation to meet their suppliers' needs. Just curious.

I would guess the most popular would be the Pharaoh/jumbo wilds. I've heard of people hatching store bought eggs just to see what they get but I think its rare and hatch rate would be very low. The pharaoh/wild mainly because someone providing eggs on a large scale operation would want feather sexable birds. In my opinion.

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

I would guess the most popular would be the Pharaoh/jumbo wilds. I've heard of people hatching store bought eggs just to see what they get but I think its rare and hatch rate would be very low. The pharaoh/wild mainly because someone providing eggs on a large scale operation would want feather sexable birds. In my opinion.

Aye! I would be doing it for fun mainly, and keep the chicks as pets. If there's a low hatch rate, no problems. It actually works in my favor, as I don't want a huge amount of birds

Thanks for your input!

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

I had three hatch from supermarket eggs, two whites and one Italian. The one that I still have, the Italian, is smaller than the rest (most of mine are jumbo-ish) and doesn't lay a whole lot of eggs. Still, it was fun hatching them.

Awesome!