30 Hatching Eggs - Jumbo Brown - Coturnix Quail

I purchased 30 eggs. They were shipped very quickly. After initial candling I lost 2 of the 30 to shipping. The two I lost were probably damaged because of how big those eggs were. Packaging was good. Some of the biggest Jumbo eggs I've seen to date. Very Happy Here ! I just locked down 24 eggs I broke two so I am very pleased !

Update:After the eggs hatched I noticed white quail. If your looking for real jumbo brown I would steer clear from this seller as they seem to not even know what they have and that is very unprofessional.First off the packaging was not what i saw in the image advertised, the eggs shipped in quail egg plastic case with tissue to hold them in place which i have no issue with i just need to point that out to others who may wonder. All though the seller did provide 36 out of the 30 i ordered only 17 eggs made the cut as a jumbo quail in my book is 13.5g - 15.5g. Majority of this eggs where 10, 11, and little under 13.5. sorry to say but i need to point out the facts of what people need to expect. I raise jumbo quail and most of my eggs are 13.5 - 15.5 with exception of few runt eggs here and there but not in the amount i just received. more then 50% of this eggs where not jumbo. do not fall for this as it is falls advertisement

USPS did a horrible job at delivering. My package was delayed over the weekend. It was due on Friday but came Monday. That means they sat in a hot trailer or warehouse most likely. I contacted the Seller about my issues and concerns. We kept in touch the whole time. Package was well packed and may be why they survived. Had a total of 30 +6 sent. I believe 3 were cracked but very hard to see the crack. 5 were not fertile so I put 27 in lock down early because my eggs were rolling around. Lol. On day 15 1 hatched , day 16 I had 19 hatch and on day 18 , I had 2 more. There’s still 5 more in the incubator! Not sure about them. I am extremely happy with this purchase ! Also , this is the first time with quail but have experience with chickens. Too easy!!!!!!UPDATE: It’s been almost 3 weeks all are alive and growing extremely fast! I did not mention the variety of quail I got. They are beautiful and thriving.Update! My babies started to lay at 6 weeks and 5 days. The eggs are huge and so are the birds themselves. Once again the colors are simply beautiful! So easy to take care of. All that live are all still alive and thriving. The ratio male to female is like 3 female to one male. Not too bad!

I love quail and it’s so fun to hatch your own. Had high hopes for this purchase.Order placed 31 August, shipped 1 September (so far so good). Order was shipped via USPS which I believe is the only legal commercial carrier for live egg delivery. It arrived 8 September. So at best the eggs were a week old on arrival, which can result in lower hatch rates. Ordered 30 jumbo brown, received 36 of various sizes (my own standard quail lay larger eggs on average). I do enjoy bonus eggs so that was a nice surprise. Maybe they will be jumbo birds… will update this review as needed.I will say the packaging job did not set these eggs up for success. Not packed in foam egg sheets but they were individually wrapped in toilet paper, placed in plastic egg cartons (like what you see in the grocery aisle) and stacked in a box with some paper stuffing around them in the box. It was very difficult to remove the eggs from the shipping materials because of how they were wedged in there and one that cracked spilled egg moisture around it and made everything crusty. Miraculously only one of the eggs was overtly cracked on arrival.Day 4 of incubation there was a very foul smell from the eggs, identified 4 which had gone bad and discarded them. Day 5 there were 2 more rotten. Day 6 one more. Then the foul smells stopped. Day 11 I candled the eggs and found 3 more with cracks and 4 others were intact but not fertile. Overall 21 of the original 36 have babies developing in them. I have 5 of my own eggs in the incubator with them, no cracks, no bad eggs, and all fertile. I do think the freshness of the eggs and the packing material contributed to low success rate. I will make an update when the eggs hatch, but frankly for the price I can get better fresher eggs elsewhere. In hindsight I think the bonus eggs were more of an insurance plan.

Low hatch rate but got a few birds so what else can you expect for mail order eggs.

I received 34 eggs and 10 hatched and survived. 6 were destroyed in shipping, 28 were incubated. Of those who hatched, all have nice straight legs and decent beaks. The largest I would remove from my breeding program because his beak is too long and unfortunately he is decently larger than any of my hens. I received THREE brown Coturnix quail out of the seven hatchlings, who seem decently sized. One is a potato, she likes to walk around with her neck scrunched up and her feathers ruffled. None of them have perfect coloration. All other hatchlings are a badly colored German sparkly or a dirty attempt at a pearl fee, who are unfortunately notorious for laying smaller eggs comparative to their body size. I will not be breeding any of these birds and I will be replacing them with a more responsibly bred line as soon as can be.

So far we have 10 babies and they are still hatching! Super happy

On the 30 eggs I received about 8 were infertile and 10 never developed. So 12 out of 30 Hatched with first days being 45-55 humidity and at 99.5 Temp. lock down was 99.5 with 60-65% humidity. I am okay with the results just expected at least 60% hatch rate. I do love the mix of colors though!