White quail

[007Sean]

The A&M's are a variety of Coturnix.They were bred, developed at Texas A&M University, thus the name. They were developed for the commercial meat industry.
Occassionaly, they will have a spot or two, three....i have some that have spots and some are pure white.

 

[feedman77]

As far as I know. But I may be wrong there is no bobwhite genes in the Texas a&m quail.

The ones I have are ready to breed (lay eggs) or butcher by 8 weeks old. Breed pure. Eggs are speckled just like any other coturnix variety I have had.

English whites were used to help create the a&m. But a&ms. Started out as jumbo browns.

I like to eat bobwhite over coturnix. I wish Bob's had a turnover rate like coturnix. But they take 6 to 8 months

 

[007Sean]

@feedman77 , your A&M's lay speckled eggs? Mine lay white shelled eggs, no speckling.

 

[B2Bacres]

I can tell you with 100% certainty, these birds I just got lay a speckled egg just like my jumbos. Except they are really small.

 

[007Sean]

They might be English whites? I haven't ever raised them so I don't/can't tell you what kind of egg they lay. I do have the A&M's and they lay a pure white shelled egg, just like Bob's.

 

[B2Bacres]

Seems to be a lot of discussion over these white birds! I am going to hatch some as I sell a few of my quail. Thing is, I for certain do not want to mislead anyone about what they are that would be bad business! So I will need to figure out what I have or just advertise them as "White" quail. The person who gave them to me called them white coturnix?

 

[007Sean]

I'd play it safe and just say "white quail" for sale.
Or you could have a DNA test done but that's more $$$

 

[feedman77]

@feedman77 , your A&M's lay speckled eggs? Mine lay white shelled eggs, no speckling.

Yes mine lay speckled eggs.

But I do know of a man that does have a couple pairs of pure white Bob's. Those lay a pure white egg. I have not been able to talk him out of any I have tried.

 

[B2Bacres]

I'd play it safe and just say "white quail" for sale.
Or you could have a DNA test done but that's more $$$[/QUOTE
Exactly!!

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

Texas A&M