Quail for Your Homestead: Before buying jumbo and celadon quail hatching eggs Dreaming of fresh eggs and homegrown meat, but limited on space and time? Look no further than Coturnix quail! These remarkable birds offer an impressive array of advantages for any small farm or homestead, proving that good things View Article
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About Celadon Quail
Tired of waiting for your chickens to lay eggs? Most chicken breeds take 21 days to hatch then another 6-8 months to lay eggs. Celadon quail hatch in only 17 days and start laying between 6-8 weeks old. Males can be harvested between 5-6 weeks as a food source.
Hatchery: December 2018 Update
Winter blew in early this year with two major ice storms before December. A lice outbreak this fall created a super molt. Poultry lice is common in flocks kept near high populations of wild turkey––like ours is. That, in combination with the rapidly dropping temperatures and high winds up here View Article
Getting started with quail
Getting started with quail is so simple, and we are offering a quick set up kit. We picked celadon quail eggs up on our insane road trip this May. They hatched on Memorial Day, and the first hen began laid two days after they hit the six-week mark, which is View Article
About the Celadon gene: Do quail lay blue eggs?
LAST UPDATED MAY 27, 2020 What makes a quail lay blue eggs? Coturnix quail which carry an uncommon, recessive gene, identified as the “ce” gene lay blue eggs. This rare “ce” gene is the Celadon gene. It is an “autosomal recessive gene”, which means in order for it to be View Article
Autosexing Olive Eggers: Golden Bielefelder x Cream Crested Legbar Olive Egger
Many offspring produced from Cream Crested Legbar imported to the US in 2010 developed warm tones in their feathering setting them apart from the imported pastel and gray toned Cream birds. These Legbar were established as a US variety, Golden Crele Legbar. They are currently housed with the Cream, offering a 50/50 chance of variety color. They retain their autosexing and colorful eggs, just look different than their Cream cousins.
Easter Eggers
Easter Eggers are fun crosses of our purebreds paired with first generation crosses. We are now offering a pale pink hue egg for the first time. Each egg you receive has the potential to hatch a pullet that will in turn lay an egg of different color.