Pharaoh Jumbo Coturnix
A variety of the Jumbo Coturnix
Quail · Speckled cream eggs · Meat
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About the Pharaoh Jumbo Coturnix
Pharaoh is the wild-type, foundational colour of the Coturnix quail — an intricately speckled mix of brown, tan and cream that mimics a small partridge and provides natural camouflage. It is the base genotype from which every other Coturnix colour derives, and it is reliably feather-sexable from around three weeks: cocks show a rich rust-copper, largely unspotted breast while hens carry a paler cream breast with distinct black speckling. In this Jumbo strain that classic wild plumage is paired with the meatier, fast-maturing, heavy-laying frame the Jumbo is bred for.
At a glance
- Egg colour
- Speckled cream
- Eggs per year
- About 250
- Purpose
- Meat
- Sizes
- Jumbo
- Incubation
- 17 days
- Broodiness
- None
- Cold hardiness
- Hardy
- Purity
- Hybrid
- Auto-sexing
- Yes
- Origin
- United States
- Scientific name
- Coturnix japonica