Celadon Quail

The celadon coturnix quail is often misunderstood. Celadon simply refers to the blue egg gene. It has nothing to do with the plumage color of the bird. To be true celadon, the bird must be homozygous, or have 2 copies, of the gene. This is simple to see with the hens, they will lay a blue egg! Since roos don’t lay eggs, it is harder to confirm they are homozygous. To confirm that they are, alot of test breeding and record keeping is required.

Hard work seems to be an attribute fading into the past. Here at the Roost, we have done the hard work for you and get you set up to create a celadon flock of your own. Our birds are jumbo size and we are working to get them as docile as our pharaohs. We have Tibetan Tux Celadons and they will breed 25% Tibetan, 50% tux and 25% white. Maybe in the future I can breed a feather sexeable celadon! Order your celadons here

We use Hatching Time Breeder cages to sort our celadons. As we move birds from the grow out cage at maturity, we put one bird per cage and wait for an egg. Sometimes we wait for a couple eggs for consistency and then we sort that bird to its final destination. This could be the breeder covey, a new home through farm pickup or shipping, or the cull cage. To be kept as a breeder, the egg must be the coveted blue with little to no speckles. The set up with the Hatching time cages makes this process easy and quick. Check out the cages with the affiliate link above and use code “Bryantsroost” at checkout for maximum discounts!