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    Silver Darths?

    Also, for some reason, I was under the impression Darth Vader was the term for Golden Pearl-Red-Breasted. I'm probably wrong tho.
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    Silver Darths?

    I'm guessing he is a silver redbreasted blueface. Call it whatever you like, button quail color morphs are not formalized yet. (I'd call it Red-breasted Slate)
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    Ideas of how to mark quail chicks

    The things grow super fast, so make sure you replace yarn regularly.
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    Steve and Eddie... Single and ready to mingle 🤪

    Personally, I'd say there's no golden pearl. Sometimes golden pearl looks a whole lot like wild color though
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    Button colour genetics question

    Love the stranger things names. It is hard to predict since we don't know what genes they are hiding! SInce it looks like your blue face is double factor, I'm guessing the first pairs offspring will all be blue face, but there will be some blue-face pied. Since the second ones are...
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    Sudden change in flock behavior & aggression

    From what I've experienced, nearby quail wouldn't affect his behavior towards his own hens. Maybe he's just a jerk quail (those come around from time to time, and there's not much to do with them.) Maybe you wanna use replace him with a younger nicer roo
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    Sexing button quail

    I'm actually better at feather sexing. Would you mind showing some normal pics of the quail 1 is a boy BTW
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    Lone male button what to do?

    You may find it easier to find another male, if you just wanna get him a friend. Most breeders I've heard of would be willing to give you a single male.
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    What To Do With Extra Male Buttons?

    A group of bachelors has always worked nicely for buttons. The only issue they might fight about is if there are females nearby. I always try to encourage my buyers that don't want to breed quail and just want them for an aviary or whatever to just get my extra boys.
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    Button quail sexing methods?

    I would say #6 is male because of the blue
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    Button quail sexing methods?

    With male in foreground
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    Sexing button quail

    Starting to lay eggs at 8 weeks is typical for Buttons, but I have had some that begin at 10 or 11 weeks. They'll probably start in the next month, especially with lots of light. Also, with only a few quail, you might not see much signs of mating, unless you watch them all day long, especially...
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    Sexing button quail

    Definitely a male Darth Vader Probably female slivers...
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    Sexing button quail

    Pics would help. Not all male button quail have bibs. The red color would indicated male. Blue indicates male, but sometimes a certain degree of grey-blue occurs on a female.
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    Males or females

    Button Quail males will definitely hump other button quail males to show dominance.
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