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Quail breed
Coturnix quail
Starts laying at six to eight weeks old and keeps going; few birds turn feed into eggs faster. Jumbo strains are grown for meat. Pharaoh is the wild colour, and Fee, Tibetan and the rest are colour forms. Some towns that ban chickens allow quail, so check the rules where you live.
Hatch Index lists 3 varieties of Coturnix quail from 1 hatchery, and none is in stock today.
Listed now
| Variety | Hatcheries | Stock | Sexed female from | Straight run from | Min order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fee Coturnix | 1 | Stock not reported | — | — | — |
| Jumbo Egyptian Coturnix | 1 | Stock not reported | — | — | — |
| Jumbo Pharaoh Coturnix | 1 | Stock not reported | — | — | — |
Prices are per bird, from listings that can be ordered today, and change through the day. Sold-out varieties are shown faded. Sold by: Purely Poultry.
Coturnix quail over time
This site has read Coturnix quail stock on 18 days since August 9, 2026, and at least one variety could be ordered on 2 of them. It is hard to get: every variety was sold out on most readings, so order when it appears. The cheapest bird held at $1.33.
One mark per day this site read every hatchery here, filled when any variety could be ordered; a gap is a stretch with no readings. Read by this site, not reported by the hatcheries.
What the Coturnix quail is like
- Egg colour
- Speckled
- Eggs a year
- About 250 to 300
- Temperament
- Calm
- Climate
- Hardy with shelter
- Goes broody
- Rarely
- Kept for
- Egg laying, Meat
- Origin
- East Asia
General traits of the breed, from the breed standards and long-running references. A hatchery's own line can differ, most of all in egg colour and numbers.