Urgent help needed

[suityou01]

Currently proof reading a new cook book from a well known IT forum.

Is it :

quails eggs
quail's eggs
quails' eggs

I'm just too fick innit.

Someone please help.

Psssst. I think it should be #1 btw.

Ta

Suity

[mudskipper]

Currently proof reading a new cook book from a well known IT forum.

Is it :

quails eggs
quail's eggs
quails' eggs

I'm just too fick innit.

Someone please help.

Psssst. I think it should be #1 btw.

Ta

Suity

I think it should be quail eggs.

quail in this instance is an adjective.

[eek]

Currently proof reading a new cook book from a well known IT forum.

Is it :

quails eggs
quail's eggs
quails' eggs

I'm just too fick innit.

Someone please help.

Psssst. I think it should be #1 btw.

Ta

Suity

Its quail eggs (i.e. the eggs of a quail)

[suityou01]

I think it should be quail eggs.

quail in this instance is an adjective.

Ta. SY02 says the same.

[administrator]

Wot no poll?

Option 3 for me. The eggs will have come from more than one quail I expect.

[administrator]

Its quail eggs (i.e. the eggs of a quail)

Not according to here:
thought to himself and quails or quails' - WordReference Forums

Or to Delia:
Quails

[aardvark]

Wot no poll?

Option 3 for me. The eggs will have come from more than one quail I expect.

And what's the plural of quail?

Edit: apparently it can be quail or quails.

So you can have quail eggs, quail's eggs or quails' eggs. But definitely not quails eggs.

HTH

[mudskipper]

Wikipedia likes quail eggs

Quail eggs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[administrator]

And what's the plural of quail?

Flock?

[scooterscot]

Whose eggs?

Last I has quals was during the interval at glyndebourne, scoff scoff.