Calico Japanese Quail

A variety of the Japanese Quail

Quail · Speckled cream eggs · Laying

At a glance

Origin
East Asia
Scientific name
Coturnix japonica
Eggs per year
~280
Egg colour
Speckled cream
Incubation
17 days
Broodiness
None
Cold hardiness
Hardy
Sizes
Standard
Purpose
Laying, Meat
Purity
Pure
Auto-sexing
Yes

About the Calico Japanese Quail

Calico is an incomplete-dominant pattern mutation that widens the cream/yellow striations along the back and, in the homozygous Pharaoh form, adds heavier black markings, reducing the fine even speckling of the wild type into bolder blotches. The effect varies with the base colour it sits on. A normal productive Japanese quail otherwise.

Available clutches

No clutches available right now.

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