Boutique birds,
raised on a corner lot.
Small flocks, raised forty feet from where they’re sold. Quail eggs and whole quail at the stand; chukar, melanistic pheasant and Muscovy duck eggs by flock list — first hatch goes to the neighborhood, and anything left goes to the greater community.
No shipping surprises: eggs ship anywhere in the USA for a flat $29 (18 eggs) or $44 (36) — the price on the tile is the price at checkout.
Quail Eggs
Coturnix eggs laid forty feet from the stand. Half dozen $5, dozen $10 — about twice the iron of a chicken egg, gram for gram.
The flock
Coturnix Quail
on the menuWhole — skin-on for the pan, plucked for the fire — or cleaned breast packs for training tables. The bird our eggs come from.
Live Quail — Tuxedo & Texas A&M
limitedAdd to your own flock: tuxedo-marked show birds, and the all-white Texas A&M line bred for white meat. Started birds, not chicks.
Chukar Partridge
first flockWhite, mild, subtly sweet — the bird the mail-order houses sell for $60, raised here instead.
Melanistic Pheasant
first flockThe iridescent black-green pheasant. Hatcheries sell the chicks; almost nobody raises them for the table.
Muscovy Duck Eggs
weeks awayCharlie's flock. Dense, rich yolks — the pastry cook's egg.
Meet the birds
What each one weighs, how long it takes, how it tastes, and how to cook it.
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The Trunk Coop
a vintage steamer trunk, reborn as a home for beautiful birds
Every bird on this page needs somewhere beautiful to live. We hand-convert real mid-century steamer trunks into self-sufficient quail aviaries — WiFi camera, solar power, pop-up shade, no-mess feeders — with a starter covey of our own hand-raised quail if you want the whole world in one piece of furniture.
First call, every hatch
These are limited flocks, not a warehouse. When a hatch is ready, neighbors on the flock list hear first — anything left goes out to the greater San Diego community. Tick the neighborhood box on the flock list, or come to the corner and talk birds.
Licensing: California CDFW Domesticated Game Breeder’s License in application — the state lane for raising and selling domesticated game birds. Eggs are produced on-site today.
1264 Lincoln Ave, University Heights.
See what’s ready today