How to peel boiled quail eggs without breaking
Start with eggs near their sell-by date, not ones you only just bought. The shell gets less attached to the egg with age &amp; air builds a gap.
Boil as desired [hard-boiled is easier, of course].
Use the pan lid to drain off the water, then hold it tight &amp; shake the pan to smash the shells into smaller [still mainly attached] pieces. Hard enough to break the shells, not hard enough to mince the contents.
Fill the pan with cold water. This will rapidly cool the eggs &amp; as the water seeps in between, will aid separation of egg from shell.
Once cold, pull one at a time, roll gently on a hard surface - your aim is lots of tiny pieces, no large areas remaining - &amp; pick an easy start-point. The shells should come off in one go.
I found backup to this, from a quail egg supplier…
How to easily peel quail eggs