The most important part of a breeding program is, of course, the genetics. You’ll be selecting traits that you want to keep in your quail, as well as culling dangerous traits that could harm your your quail’s future generations.

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🌟 Quick Quail Facts

Some facts that directly influence breeding outcomes.

• Quail hens, not roosters, determine egg gender
• Quail hens can decide which rooster fertilizes their eggs even after mating, to an extent
• Stressed quail hens produce more stressed chicks, even without raising them
• Healthier hens produced more infertile eggs, but those that were fertile were more likely to be female eggs
• Hens living in semi-natural enclosures are more likely to brood their own eggs
• Hens lay larger eggs when they have more protein as chicks

⭐️ Big List of Traits

Here’s a list of traits you might want to breed for:

• Plumage pattern
• Plumage color