What Gender and Color is my Quail?

[CoturnixKid]

Hatched this baby out of a mixed utility batch I ordered online. I can sex regular wildtype coturnix, but this one has me a bit confused. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you very much

 

[nikirushka]

That looks like a roux (fawn, dilute wild type). Sexing is the same as for the wilds, just paler - same reddish colouration without chest spots for the boys, and no red and spots for the girls. Looks like a hen to me.

 

[Binki]

Oh cool I'm not familiar with the color but it looks like a paler version of a pharaoh female to me! I can see spots on her chest

 

[CoturnixKid]

Thank you both! I really was hoping she was a hen. She's pretty and it would be a shame to lose her.

 

[lomine]

Yep looks just like my Roux. I have two hens like this. Unfortunately, from what I have discovered, the color is recessive so with the males I have I can't get more of this color.
Here's a picture of one of mine. She was being very wiggly and uncooperative but you can see her coloring and spots.

 

[eHuman]

Glad to see this post. I have two in the brooder at a week old that are likely this color. Too light to be pharaoh, too dark to be golden. I have all three to compare side-by-side.

 

[nikirushka]

That's interesting eHuman - I have one like that that I'm wondering about, I posted about it a day or two ago. Too light for pharoah, too dark for golden. I'm really hoping it is a roux - I had one hen but lost her in July to a head injury and I've been unable to find another.

Do you have a picture of your chicks? It would be interesting to see what yours look like.

 

[eHuman]

That's interesting eHuman - I have one like that that I'm wondering about, I posted about it a day or two ago. Too light for pharoah, too dark for golden. I'm really hoping it is a roux - I had one hen but lost her in July to a head injury and I've been unable to find another.

Do you have a picture of your chicks? It would be interesting to see what yours look like.

I'll see if I can get one for you later today with all three colors side-by-side.

 

[lomine]

Here is a picture of mine as chicks. You can see one of the Roux chicks on the top right and one in the middle. The others are Pharaoh and Italian.

 

[nikirushka]

Now that definitely is interesting! Thank you for that. They really look like my mystery chick. These are my two little guys: