A quail egg has typically one-third the volume of its chicken counterpart. Though more cracking is required — as well as a different method to do so (more on that later) — there are plenty of reasons ...

Quail eggs are about a fifth of the size of chicken eggs with brown speckles dotting the shell. Approximately five quail eggs (weighing in at 9g each) equate to a chicken egg, which weighs 50g.