Wild Type Coturnix Quail
Coturnix are the standard quail meat bird. They are relatively calm, large quail that get to butcher weight (10-14oz for jumbos) around 6 weeks of age, giving them a quick turn around time from egg to freezer. Unlike chickens, they can be butchered easily at home with just a pair of good kitchen shears, a bowl of ice water, and a clean bucket. When given appropriate light and feed, the hens lay large, splotched-brown eggs year round, only pausing briefly in the fall to molt into new feathers. They are a GREAT alternative to chickens, as they take up less space, their care is lower-effort than chickens, they eat less and still produce more nutritionally-dense eggs, and they suffer fewer diseases due to being kept off of the ground in hutches instead of free ranging.
We have three lines of normal-egg coturnix- TOW, SL, and TOF
TOW- This is the other jumbo line, and should not carry the celadon gene at all (but it may). All of these birds will be wild type pharaoh. This line does NOT have SLB.
SL- This is our sex-linked line. The parent male(s) are roux pharaoh and the parent hens are wild types. This produces eggs that hatch sexually dimorphic chicks, meaning you can tell males from females as soon as they hatch, because they will be different colors (males will be wild type, hens will be roux). This makes for highly convenient hatching eggs if you don't want to raise any males!
TOF- This is a clean wild type line. It may carry the celadon gene. This line is feather-sexable at around 2.5 weeks of age. This is our newest line, and one we will be working to improve over time. Wild types, while not considered by many to be more beautiful than some of the mutations, nonetheless can be useful to have around. They allow breeders to clean a line of multiple mutations, and produce simple, pure mutation lines. They can also be used to purge SLB from lines, which in our opinion causes the muddying of color in other mutations.
We are currently working on a range of other lines, including roux, fee, roux fee, and fawn, but as our end goal is to have them all in celadon, we may not have many available over time. We are highly looking forward to the roux fee line, like this beautiful boy!
We have three lines of normal-egg coturnix- TOW, SL, and TOF
TOW- This is the other jumbo line, and should not carry the celadon gene at all (but it may). All of these birds will be wild type pharaoh. This line does NOT have SLB.
SL- This is our sex-linked line. The parent male(s) are roux pharaoh and the parent hens are wild types. This produces eggs that hatch sexually dimorphic chicks, meaning you can tell males from females as soon as they hatch, because they will be different colors (males will be wild type, hens will be roux). This makes for highly convenient hatching eggs if you don't want to raise any males!
TOF- This is a clean wild type line. It may carry the celadon gene. This line is feather-sexable at around 2.5 weeks of age. This is our newest line, and one we will be working to improve over time. Wild types, while not considered by many to be more beautiful than some of the mutations, nonetheless can be useful to have around. They allow breeders to clean a line of multiple mutations, and produce simple, pure mutation lines. They can also be used to purge SLB from lines, which in our opinion causes the muddying of color in other mutations.
We are currently working on a range of other lines, including roux, fee, roux fee, and fawn, but as our end goal is to have them all in celadon, we may not have many available over time. We are highly looking forward to the roux fee line, like this beautiful boy!
