Late last fall I picked up 5 female and 1 male Coturnix quails just to see what they were like. They seemed a more useable size for a one person meal. It was too late in the year to incubate any eggs but they did lay an egg a day all winter. Now that spring is here I am getting 3 or 4 eggs a day. I am flush in quail eggs.
The eggs are more yolk than white and are very tasty hard boiled. One can fry them too, but they are quite small. Some folks make deviled eggs out of them too, but that seems more like torture.
I am going to start to incubate the fresh eggs after Easter. They take only 6 week to mature to butcher weight.
Does anyone have any recipes for quail eggs and for cooking butchered quails. I have never eaten a quail but it seems to be a high ticket item at some restaurants.
Thx.