QUAIL - JUMBO

Latin name - Unknown
Approximate size -  10 inches
Incubation length -  17 days

Main characteristics:-
* These are easy to sex in their normal colouring
* Male - chestnut colouring around chest with no spots
* Female - brown spots on chest
* Not as fertile as the normal japanese due to their size
* Not very loud
* Can be kept in colonies with a ratio of 1 male - 3 females
* Can give off a high ammonia content in their droppings
* Their normal weight is 10 - 12 ozs
* These are bred extensively in France for their meat
* These are more docile than the normal strain of Japanese

  No known mutations