Everyone knows jumbo quail exist but what about jumbo celadon Coturnix quail who lay big blue eggs? They are RARE but they do exist and can be bred! I’ll share egg pictures from my own Jumbo Celadon breeding project covey with scale weights visible in some of the photos showing egg weights over 15 grams. Take a peek at the Jumbo Celadon Coturnix quail:
Jumbo Celadon Coturnix Quail Really Do Exist!
I wrote a 36 page ebook, available in my shop, that goes into extreme detail on how to breed jumbo celadon Coturnix quail. They are quite rare, simply because it takes 4+ generations of breeding work to get them and you must keep them carefully separated from all other types of quail roosters if you want to keep the jumbo celadons going. But it is absolutely possible to breed jumbo celadons!
More Fun in the Kitchen
I prefer using only jumbo quail eggs in the kitchen. You need fewer jumbo eggs to replace one chicken egg in a recipe and I like how the jumbo eggs tend to slice cleaner with fewer stray shell fragments. The HUGE cream & brown eggs over 19 grams and pretty jumbo celadon eggs in every shade of speckled blue and green are my favorite to use! There is something fulfilling about using fresh, hand-gathered eggs from your own backyard covey.
Baking with Jumbo Celadon Eggs
Quail eggs taste and bake just like chicken eggs! I especially enjoy using Jumbo celadon eggs in baked goods and desserts, which always turn out beautiful and delicious.
We Want to See More Pictures of Jumbo Celadon Eggs!
These are jumbo speckled celadon eggs coming from my breeding project covey. As you breed for jumbo celadon, it is common to produce smooth blue, speckled blue AND speckled green layers. The variety of colored eggs is so much fun!
You Can Breed Jumbo Celadon Coturnix Quail Yourself
I spent over a hundred hours organizing all my personal breeding notes, photographing quail eggs as I collected them and crafting hand-drawn graphics to create an ebook that contains the “secret recipe” breeding plan to follow to produce jumbo celadon laying hens. There are steps that must be accurately followed but it absolutely is possible to breed for a jumbo celadon layer who lays an egg 15-16 grams and larger!
Even if you don’t understand how quail genetics work, the images and carefully explained steps make the guide easy for beginner breeders to use to get incredible results!
A Profitable Backyard Hobby
I hope the images I’ve shared have encouraged you that yes, jumbo celadon Coturnix quail can be created if you are interested in such a breeding project! There are a LOT of quail keepers wanting jumbo celadons but not enough breeders are producing them. If you are interested in turning your quail keeping hobby into something more profitable, breeding jumbo celadons might be a rewarding challenge!
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Do you sell the jumbo quail hatching eggs
Hi there!
No, I don’t sell eggs or chicks. However, I am hoping to put together a list of Jumbo Celadon breeders (those who purchased our breeding guide and/or are working on creating Jumbo Celadons and want to be included on the list) for the 2025 breeding season!
I purchased the breeding jumbo coturnix booklet and have read through it just to familiarize myself with everything before jumping in. The one question remaining is this. When reducing my F2 covey by getting rid of cream & brown egg layers, how on earth do I determine which hen is laying which color egg when they are grouped together?
Hi Kristi!
The easiest way I have found to track which hen is laying which egg is to use a small wire dog kennel. I prefer the kennel with a double door that comes with a divider panel allowing you to divide the kennel in half. Since quail hens tend to lay their eggs in the afternoon, you can place one hen by herself in each half of the kennel after lunch time. By that same afternoon/evening each hen should have laid an egg. I use clean straw in the kennel and keep them quiet in the garage, away from predators. Afterwards the plastic kennel tray is easy to spray off with soap and water. It is a bit of extra work to shuffle two hens at a time in and out of the kennel and it does take a few days to complete this task for the entire covey but this is the most reliable way I have found to figure out exactly which hens are laying celadon. If you want to purchase a longer length kennel and fashion a way to divide it into 3 or 4 sections so you can isolate more quail hens each afternoon, that is an option, too!
Thank you! That is extremely helpful.