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What color is this Quail? Golden Tux? Pied?

post #1 of 11
2/19/12 at 3:02pm
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This is a 4 week old golden tux/ or pied quail next to a Jumbo wild colored hen. What is this birds color? Anyone.

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Lav Ameraucanas, black and white-black muffed-Easter Eggers (working on my own color!) , Mille Cochin Bantams, Jumbo Coturnix Quail, one lone Turken and a pair of free range Japanese Bantams that live in an Ebony tree!
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Lav Ameraucanas, black and white-black muffed-Easter Eggers (working on my own color!) , Mille Cochin Bantams, Jumbo Coturnix Quail, one lone Turken and a pair of free range Japanese Bantams that live in an Ebony tree!
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post #2 of 11
2/19/12 at 3:09pm
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Lav Ameraucanas, black and white-black muffed-Easter Eggers (working on my own color!) , Mille Cochin Bantams, Jumbo Coturnix Quail, one lone Turken and a pair of free range Japanese Bantams that live in an Ebony tree!
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Lav Ameraucanas, black and white-black muffed-Easter Eggers (working on my own color!) , Mille Cochin Bantams, Jumbo Coturnix Quail, one lone Turken and a pair of free range Japanese Bantams that live in an Ebony tree!
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post #3 of 11
2/19/12 at 3:26pm

Looks like a roux dilute tux.

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post #4 of 11
2/19/12 at 3:41pm

That is one awesome colored quail! Did you hatch your own eggs or get them from somewhere? thumbsup.gif

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post #5 of 11
2/19/12 at 4:06pm

very pretty bird, the white really stands out.

 

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Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth. ~ Buddha

 

Check out our Jumbo Coturnix "Meat Quail" project on BYC and @ http://www.whitequail.com

 

I feed and stare at Coturnix Giganticus, Wheaten Ameraucanas and NZ/Chinchilla Rabbits

 

2012 FWC Game Farm License #406-81335; 2012 A.P.A Member; I do not sell eggs or birds.

 

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post #6 of 11
2/19/12 at 4:26pm
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This is a bird I hatched myself. I was just not expecting this color! In this pen I have 5 A&M white Quail, I picked these hens up from the breeder myself. All his quail where white with the small black spots characteristic of A&M's. The father I hatched out of a batch of 50 mixed color Coturnix, that I ordered from a lady on E-Bay. I had a coon pull the hinges off the cage, then tear apart my brooder, when they where 4 weeks old, and this little man was the only survivor. What Color is he? Any idea why Iget-attachment-5.aspx.jpeg would have gotten a chick like this? The rest of the hatch where white. Thought I think I have another of these that just hatch last night, in a second batch.

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Lav Ameraucanas, black and white-black muffed-Easter Eggers (working on my own color!) , Mille Cochin Bantams, Jumbo Coturnix Quail, one lone Turken and a pair of free range Japanese Bantams that live in an Ebony tree!
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Lav Ameraucanas, black and white-black muffed-Easter Eggers (working on my own color!) , Mille Cochin Bantams, Jumbo Coturnix Quail, one lone Turken and a pair of free range Japanese Bantams that live in an Ebony tree!
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post #7 of 11
2/19/12 at 4:56pm

People call goldens by several different names depending the color scheme, while others say a golden is a golden...I would call that color "Italian".

I've got birds and lots of 'em! Chickens, Peafowl, Pheasants, Quail....

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My apologies if you don't get my sense of humor...

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post #8 of 11
2/19/12 at 5:04pm
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Thank you bfrancis, Thats what I thought he was. I assumed I would get more like him and whites. Is it strange to get that color of a baby? I wonder if it would breed true if I could get a few more to cross it with.

 

Lav Ameraucanas, black and white-black muffed-Easter Eggers (working on my own color!) , Mille Cochin Bantams, Jumbo Coturnix Quail, one lone Turken and a pair of free range Japanese Bantams that live in an Ebony tree!
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Lav Ameraucanas, black and white-black muffed-Easter Eggers (working on my own color!) , Mille Cochin Bantams, Jumbo Coturnix Quail, one lone Turken and a pair of free range Japanese Bantams that live in an Ebony tree!
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post #9 of 11
2/19/12 at 5:30pm

I don't think it would ever breed true because of it having both dominate and recessive genes displayed, but you should get a 50% hatch rate true

 

If "A" was the roux dilute/golden gene and "a" was the white gene, 25% would be white, 25% would be roux dilute/golden, and 50% would be your new tux. Keep in mind, when breeding goldens to goldens they have a "lethal" gene that I think the statics are 30% hatch rate failure...but that is a chance I would take to continue your project here. also food for thought, when I am refering to the goldens I mean the genes from the original male...since yours now are displaying roux dilute color, you might not have the lethal gene issue, although it would be in the mix because of the original parent stock.

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I've got birds and lots of 'em! Chickens, Peafowl, Pheasants, Quail....

My apologies if you don't get my sense of humor...

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I've got birds and lots of 'em! Chickens, Peafowl, Pheasants, Quail....

My apologies if you don't get my sense of humor...

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post #10 of 11
2/19/12 at 6:14pm
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I don't think it would ever breed true because of it having both dominate and recessive genes displayed, but you should get a 50% hatch rate true

 

If "A" was the roux dilute/golden gene and "a" was the white gene, 25% would be white, 25% would be roux dilute/golden, and 50% would be your new tux. Keep in mind, when breeding goldens to goldens they have a "lethal" gene that I think the statics are 30% hatch rate failure...but that is a chance I would take to continue your project here. also food for thought, when I am refering to the goldens I mean the genes from the original male...since yours now are displaying roux dilute color, you might not have the lethal gene issue, although it would be in the mix because of the original parent stock.

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nice work, you were the type of kid that listened in class. I like it!

 

 

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth. ~ Buddha

 

Check out our Jumbo Coturnix "Meat Quail" project on BYC and @ http://www.whitequail.com

 

I feed and stare at Coturnix Giganticus, Wheaten Ameraucanas and NZ/Chinchilla Rabbits

 

2012 FWC Game Farm License #406-81335; 2012 A.P.A Member; I do not sell eggs or birds.

 

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Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth. ~ Buddha

 

Check out our Jumbo Coturnix "Meat Quail" project on BYC and @ http://www.whitequail.com

 

I feed and stare at Coturnix Giganticus, Wheaten Ameraucanas and NZ/Chinchilla Rabbits

 

2012 FWC Game Farm License #406-81335; 2012 A.P.A Member; I do not sell eggs or birds.

 

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