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Fallow??
My guess would be it's cinnamon red breasted. I have some I think are fallow (they do have a ruby shade in their eyes at hatch) and they are not as light colored as yours, so even if yours were fallow there would still be something else causing the feathers to be that light.. -
Button quail emergency
I don't know if the button quail you keep in the US are less hardy than the ones we have in Denmark, but over here buttons CAN be outside all winter. They need a dry enclosure with no wind and of cause you can't just put them outside in the middle of the winter, they need time to get used to low... -
Hybridising Chinese Painted Quail and Japanese Quail
She looks so healthy! And remarkably much like a normal cot. I found a video on youtube to compare them: It'll be interesting to see how she turns out. -
Button Quail Colour
It's really hard to say since we don't actually know the genetics behind the color nor of the roos (unless they are siblings of your hen, in which case I wouldn't breed them to each other). The 'paleness' is most likely recessive, meaning you need both parents to carry the gene to have it show... -
Hybridising Chinese Painted Quail and Japanese Quail
Thank you for the update! The change in the beak is really impressive - makes me wonder if it was actually the jaw that was somehow mispositioned and Stitch managed to put it where it belongs? I'm not even sure that's possible, but it it seems quite extreme for the upper beak to grow that much... -
Pics off my 13 button quail what am i
#1, #9 and #11 are silvers, #2 and #3 are probably red breasted #4 is normal or golden pearl #5 and #10 probably red breasted tuxedo, #6 seems to be silver tuxedo, #7 and #8 looks white. #12 some kind of tuxedo, but I can't really tell the back color from the picture. #13 either silver, white or... -
Pics off my 13 button quail what am i
I would like to correct you on that one @Nabiki. Except for the ones with a white belly, all buttons are feather sexable. And of the white bellied ones, some of them are as well. So at least 6 of those are feather sexable, but either the pictures don't show it or they are too young to sex yet... -
Hybridising Chinese Painted Quail and Japanese Quail
Wow, that's an exciting development! Red breasted is a recessive mutation in the CP quail, so you probably won't see any of that in Stitch. But if Stitch is a male - and survives long enough - it'll be interesting to see if he gets any of the red and blue colors of the button.. I fear that he... -
Button Quail Colour
Blue face is a dominant mutation and I've had at least 10 chicks from this guy and several from his father who has nearly the same color, and not a single one showing blue face, so I highly doubt that's the case. The ones that get this color do tend to start out a bit smaller than their... -
One quail trying to kill the rest
Hi Kodie and :welcome I second sourland's suggestion to keep Magic on her own while the others settle in their new environment and get to know each other. I'd probably try to introduce her once a day or so, at least if she seems calm when you keep her right next to the others. If you can... -
Button Quail Colour
Correction - this is dad (and mum, but she's hiding) and the one I have with similar colors to yours. I'm not sure what color dad is, but fallow red breasted is my best guess. -
Button Quail Colour
I have a hen that is similar in color and although I'm not exactly certain what genes are behind the color, I'm guessing it's a combination of red breasted and fallow, perhaps also cinnamon.. I bred her myself and her mother is wild colored, her father is very light colored - he might be the... -
Bobwhites Dying. Help!
My guess would be they are boinking (jumping/flying into the roof with enough power to kill themselves) due to not having anywhere to hide. The feed is low in protein, but that shouldn't cause them to drop dead from one day to the next. When scared, their first choice is to hide - when that's... -
When do male button quail get the blue and red colors?
I've seen red feathers as early as 3 weeks and as late as 5-6 weeks. Usually I can sex buttons at 4 weeks, but occasionally I've had one I thought was female at 4 weeks, only to find red feathers a week or so later. At 6-8 weeks they should have their full adult colors.