Calories in Duck, Quail, Goose and Country Hen Eggs

By NYUS Inc. · Published 27 October 2026

A duck egg, a quail egg and a country hen egg are not the same size or the same record, and the dataset behind a number matters. This guide uses two datasets and keeps them apart. The SR Legacy table of USDA FoodData Central gives five raw egg records (duck, goose, quail, turkey and hen) with the weight of one egg printed on each record page. IFCT 2017, the Indian Food Composition Tables from ICMR-NIN, gives eleven egg rows on PDF p. 58 (poultry egg, country hen, duck and quail, raw, boiled or omlet), with the region count on every row; IFCT prints no weight for one egg. IFCT 2017 prints energy in kilojoules, so the kcal for its rows are our conversion. Our existing egg guide covers the hen egg boiled, fried, scrambled and poached.

The short answer

By the SR Legacy records, one raw quail egg (9 g) is about 14 kcal, one raw duck egg (70 g) about 130, one raw turkey egg (79 g) about 135, one raw goose egg (144 g) about 266, and one large raw hen egg (50 g) about 72. By IFCT 2017 Table 1 (per 100 g, single-region rows), raw country hen egg (M008) is 168 kcal, raw duck egg (M012) 182 and raw quail egg (M014) 152, against 135 kcal for the raw poultry egg (M001, 6 regions). Our reading: per 100 g the duck and country eggs are higher in energy than the poultry egg row, but per egg the size dominates, so a quail egg is a small fraction of any of the others.

SR Legacy: per egg

Each figure is our arithmetic: kcal per 100 g times the grams in the portion, divided by 100, rounded to the nearest kcal with half rounding up. Every weight is printed on the SR Legacy record page, none is ours.

The sums: quail 158 × 9 / 100 = 14.22, so 14 kcal; duck 185 × 70 / 100 = 129.5, so 130 kcal; turkey 171 × 79 / 100 = 135.09, so 135 kcal; goose 185 × 144 / 100 = 266.4, so 266 kcal; hen 143 × 50 / 100 = 71.5, so 72 kcal. Protein, fat and carbohydrate are the same arithmetic on the per 100 g figures, rounded to 0.1 g with half rounding up.

Other hen egg sizes printed on SR Legacy 171287

The sums: hen 38 g: 143 × 38 / 100 = 54.34, so 54 kcal; hen 44 g: 143 × 44 / 100 = 62.92, so 63 kcal; hen 56 g: 143 × 56 / 100 = 80.08, so 80 kcal; hen 63 g: 143 × 63 / 100 = 90.09, so 90 kcal; hen 243 g: 143 × 243 / 100 = 347.49, so 347 kcal.

IFCT 2017: eleven egg rows, per 100 g

IFCT 2017, Table 1 (Proximate Principles), per 100 g, PDF p. 58. IFCT 2017 says all its data except poultry and egg pertains to raw food (PDF p. 27), so the state of each egg row is what its own name says (raw, boiled or omlet); IFCT does not give a cooking weight loss or an egg weight. "Regions" is how many regions the row averages: the three poultry egg rows (M001, M004, M007) average 6, 6 and 3 regions, and the eight country hen, duck and quail rows are each a single region. IFCT prints the quail rows with the spelling "quial". Energy is IFCT's kJ value; kcal is our conversion at 1 kcal = 4.184 kJ, rounded to the nearest kcal with half rounding up.

The conversions: M001 564 / 4.184 = 134.80, so 135 kcal; M004 618 / 4.184 = 147.71, so 148 kcal; M007 710 / 4.184 = 169.69, so 170 kcal; M008 704 / 4.184 = 168.26, so 168 kcal; M009 767 / 4.184 = 183.32, so 183 kcal; M010 855 / 4.184 = 204.35, so 204 kcal; M012 760 / 4.184 = 181.64, so 182 kcal; M011 738 / 4.184 = 176.39, so 176 kcal; M013 804 / 4.184 = 192.16, so 192 kcal; M014 635 / 4.184 = 151.77, so 152 kcal; M015 647 / 4.184 = 154.64, so 155 kcal.

Example weights and counts that are ours

IFCT 2017 gives no weight for one country hen egg. The 50 g weight below is our own example weight (it is the weight SR Legacy prints for a large hen egg, not a country egg), and the count of six quail eggs is our own example. Neither is a dataset value for these eggs; weigh yours.

The sums: M008 50 g: 704 kJ x 50 / 100 = 352 kJ, / 4.184 = 84.13, so 84 kcal; M009 50 g: 767 kJ x 50 / 100 = 383.5 kJ, / 4.184 = 91.66, so 92 kcal; quail 54 g: 158 × 54 / 100 = 85.32, so 85 kcal.

What stands out in the numbers

• SR Legacy 172189 (duck), 172190 (goose) and 172192 (turkey) print 185, 185 and 171 kcal per 100 g, against 158 kcal for SR Legacy 172191 (quail) and 143 kcal for SR Legacy 171287 (hen).
• IFCT M012 (duck, raw) prints 14.60 g of protein and 13.83 g of fat per 100 g, and IFCT M008 (country hen, raw) 13.14 g and 13.00 g, both single-region rows.
• IFCT M014 (quail, raw) prints 635 kJ per 100 g, the lowest raw row among the single-region IFCT egg rows here, against 704 kJ for M008 and 760 kJ for M012.
• Weight per egg differs far more than energy per 100 g: SR Legacy 172191 prints 9 g for a quail egg, 172189 prints 70 g for a duck egg and 172190 prints 144 g for a goose egg.
• IFCT M010 (country hen, omlet) prints 855 kJ per 100 g and M013 (duck, omlet) 804 kJ, single-region rows; IFCT names them omlet and this page does not say what went into them.

Why these are reference rows, not your plate

• Raw and boiled rows, no dish. The only prepared rows are IFCT's "omlet" rows, whose recipe this page does not state; no row is an egg curry, bhurji or masala omelette, so this page gives no number for those.
• Single-region rows. Eight of the eleven IFCT rows are a single region, flagged in the table; M001, M004 and M007 average 6, 6 and 3 regions.
• The records' own notes. The record pages mark the energy and carbohydrate of all five SR Legacy records "Calculated", the protein and fat of 171287 "Analytical", and carry no note on the protein and fat of 172189, 172190, 172191 and 172192.
• Egg weights are the record's. An egg you buy may be bigger or smaller; weigh when you can.
• For a packaged product, the pack wins. This page uses no pack labels.

How to log it so the numbers hold

• Log by weight, or by egg count with the record's weight. One duck egg of 70 g on SR Legacy 172189 is 185 × 70 / 100 = 129.5, so 130 kcal by our arithmetic.
• Log oil and masala separately. Our spoon guide gives a level teaspoon of oil or ghee.
• Compare protein. Our egg, paneer and dal protein guide compares the hen egg rows with paneer and dal.
• Do not mix datasets inside one day. If you log an egg from IFCT 2017, keep to that row for the same dish.

Where NYUS fits (our app)

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What this page leaves out

• A calorie, protein or fat target, and any claim about what these foods do to your weight or health: we have not looked up one for any person, so we give none. If you have a medical condition, ask your doctor or dietitian.
• Any named brand, pack label or FSSAI figure: not used, so the page does not mix label numbers with the records above.
• Egg curry, bhurji, masala omelette, egg roll and other cooked dishes: none is among the IFCT rows or SR Legacy records used, so no number here.
• Egg white and yolk rows, dried or powdered egg and other egg records: not covered here.
• Nutrients beyond energy, protein, fat and carbohydrate, including cholesterol and vitamins: not covered here.

Sources

• ICMR-NIN, Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 (IFCT 2017), Table 1 (Proximate Principles and Dietary Fibre), PDF p. 58 (M001, M004, M007, M008 to M015), read 27 Oct 2026; the statement that all data except poultry and egg pertains to raw food is on PDF p. 27.
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 172189 (Egg, duck, whole, fresh, raw): Energy 185 kcal, protein 12.8 g, total fat 13.8 g, carbohydrate 1.45 g per 100 g; portion: 1 egg 70 g (read 27 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 172190 (Egg, goose, whole, fresh, raw): Energy 185 kcal, protein 13.9 g, total fat 13.3 g, carbohydrate 1.35 g per 100 g; portion: 1 egg 144 g (read 27 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 172191 (Egg, quail, whole, fresh, raw): Energy 158 kcal, protein 13 g, total fat 11.1 g, carbohydrate 0.41 g per 100 g; portion: 1 egg 9 g (read 27 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 172192 (Egg, turkey, whole, fresh, raw): Energy 171 kcal, protein 13.7 g, total fat 11.9 g, carbohydrate 1.15 g per 100 g; portion: 1 egg 79 g (read 27 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 171287 (Egg, whole, raw, fresh): Energy 143 kcal, protein 12.6 g, total fat 9.51 g, carbohydrate 0.72 g per 100 g; portions: 1 cup (4.86 large eggs) 243 g, 1 medium 44 g, 1 extra large 56 g, 1 small 38 g, 1 jumbo 63 g, 1 large 50 g (read 27 Oct 2026).
• nyus.in, the NYUS landing page, read on 27 Oct 2026 for the app statements in the NYUS section and the CTA.

The kJ to kcal conversions, the per portion figures, the sums, the rounding, the 50 g example weight, the six-egg example count, the comparisons and every sentence starting "Our reading" are NYUS's own arithmetic or opinion, not from IFCT or USDA. The IFCT values and the SR Legacy portion weights are as printed in those datasets. The names in the first column are the datasets' own row and record names.

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