What Color are These Coturnix? Silver?

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Looks like a white who has access to dirt to me
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Well I finally got my first few chicks from these birds... but they are all normal Pharaohs. The hens were in contact with normal Coturnix for the first few days, and these are chicks from the 1st eggs collected. Its entirely possible They were still fertilized from the normal males. I have about 25 more eggs soon to hatch...hopefully something interesting will pop up!

Sidenote...the computer fan mods for still air incubators are unreal! My forced air bator broke and I was about to spend around $50 for a fan...instead, it was totally free, VERY little work, and works almost better than the "fan kits"!
 
My guess is that bird is a recessive white (A&M) so any pharaoh cross will result in pharaoh (or mostly pharaoh) offspring. If it were me i would try to run it with another rec. white as well as crossing it over a golden to get a feeler for the genes it purs out.

It is entirely possible that its just an interesting looking manifestation of a dual factor recessive white. If that is the case nothing cool will likely ever come out of it.
 
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dc3085 said:
My guess is that bird is a recessive white (A&M) so any pharaoh cross will result in pharaoh (or mostly pharaoh) offspring. If it were me i would try to run it with another rec. white as well as crossing it over a golden to get a feeler for the genes it purs out.

It is entirely possible that its just an interesting looking manifestation of a dual factor recessive white. If that is the case nothing cool will likely ever come out of it.
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Thanks for your input! I'm just still not convinced they are rec. Whites...I've seen a lot of Whites and none look quite like these...although it's entirely possible They could be.

I wasn't too shocked by the normal colored chicks...most mutations are recessive but I was hoping I'd get lucky haha. I plan on breeding a few of the hens back to the father(s) and breed a trio of siblings when they're old enough. ALL of the inbred birds will be culled...its just to see what colors they produce. Have 6 more eggs that pipped this morning, I'll be sure to update if there's news worth sharing :)
 
Monkau said:
No need to cull just because they're back crossed.
You can go for quite a few generations this way no trouble.
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Oddly enough, it only takes 3 generations of inbreeding to have detrimental effects on Coturnix. Most animals would still be pretty normal at that point, but there is legitimate research out there on inbreeding coturnix and how few generations it takes to have an effect on the offspring. I'll have to find that research paper again...VERY interesting read :) !
 

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