Button quail egg color

[Andkingquail]

Hi, I know that button quail lay greenish brown eggs but can button quail lay white eggs or white speckled eggs like coturnix quail? Just wondering, replies appreciated!

 

[GodLovesU]

I’ve seen a blue egg before.Almost all the eggs I’ve seen are speckled.

 

[Nabiki]

Button quail do not lay patterned eggs like coturnix. They may have some tiny dots, but they are almost always olive green to blue/green.

 

[TeresaW]

If you look closely there are a few in this image that look like miniature coturnix eggs.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/attachments/eac6b9e1-0a9f-4c9a-8a41-681c63b34dc5-jpeg.3975918/

 

[Nabiki]

If you mean some of the ones in the third rail, there is some similarity, but those are about the largest speckles you would see in a button egg. The olive green base colour is also not normally found in coturnix eggs.

 

[Featheryfrindly]

What does it mean if my button quail laid an all white soft egg ?_Her eggs have not been very smooth. They have a course feel to them ??.

 

[Nabiki]

What does it mean if my button quail laid an all white soft egg ?_Her eggs have not been very smooth. They have a course feel to them ??.

Is she getting enough calcium? If she's a new layer, it could just be her "working out the kinks".

 

[GodLovesU]

What does it mean if my button quail laid an all white soft egg ?_Her eggs have not been very smooth. They have a course feel to them ??.

Sounds like a shell-less egg