What are the characteristics of Quail bird?

Quail birds are small in size and an adult quail weigh about 200 grams. Quail eggs weighs about 10 to 15 grams. Quail start laying eggs within 7 weeks and they lay one egg daily. Quails lay about 300 eggs in the first year. Thereafter, their egg laying capacity will be going down every year. Quail eggs look beautiful due to multi color. For hatching quail eggs, incubator or brooder chickens should be used as they do not incubate on their own. The incubation time for quail egg is about 15 to 18 days.