Not sure what happened. The baby passed last night, I took them out and wrapped them in a towel after checking on them and seeing them actively declining, ending up sitting crying/alerting non stop with eyes squeezed shut. I was holding them slightly angled down as I mentally prepped myself for...
I grabbed a bag of chick feed with 30% protein instead of our 28% to maybe help give them a little boost. Will give some egg yolk today too probably unless you guys think it'd be a bad idea/too much change. I got corid, I'm dosing it out now, hopefully these little guys recover fast. Should I do...
It's hard to get a photo with the white flash vs the yellow heat lamp light but it's 100% blood not a cecal. I'm not sure what spurred this on, they just moved to a new enclosure but I made sure to wash everything the best I could. I'm heading out now to the feedstore to see what they have in...
I'm a little bit panicked right now, we haven't had coccidia before if that even is what this is. I'm going into an hour long work meeting so I can't go get anything right this moment but once it's done I'm running to the nearest feed store or pet store, wherever I can get some little medication...
So far she's very lively! It's a bummer that I probably wouldn't be able to breed her unless she ends up to be another color, for safety and all that. Wild that there was all of these genetics in these little $4 quails. I wonder where originally that gentleman got them... This has certainly been...
Sweet! I can't wait to see the patterning on these guys mature. I know pied/tuxedo isn't a base color, I just meant I know all of them are pied already because of the yellow/white markings
I think the yellow is the light, the top picture of them both together is under white light :D They seem about the same "base" color with the stripes being the major differing color
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#10 this chick is light/cream in color with a slightly darker/orangeish head and light patterning. She reminds me of how her mom looked as a chick (below)
Mom: yellow with darker near the...
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All of them are tuxedo/pied of some kind
#6 is very red in comparison, I'm guessing rosetta/tibetan
#7 is darker
#8 is also darker
#9 is almost greyish, light and silvery in comparison...
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#4 & #5, the darker one I am assuming is just pharoah!
#5 is lighter than any phraroahs I've hatched so I'm assuming they'll be more red or lighter in color but of similar pattern
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Chick #1 has a red eye shine, and appears to be more white than the other two
Chick #2 is mostly white with some faint spots on the head/butt so I am assuming it's a double pied/"A&M"...
I'm not exactly sure which birds you're talking about here other than the white one! I tried to number them to make it easier but I can split them into multiple posts here in a few minutes:)
And yes no roux hens, just the cockbird(s)! Unless somehow the white ish fee hen also would have roux...
I'd love to see photos! OP's birds are boys, the red on the wing bar is a male specific trait, you won't find a solid/mostly solid hen with red wing bars (or red saddle & hackle feathers)
Hello! Of the about ~30 eggs we set, we got 10 wiggly happy babies! I was really hopeful for some fun colors but honestly I'm awe-struck by the variety we got! And a little bit confused... can anyone help me figure out what we got? Of course I know it'll be much easier once they're feathered in...
Two ways to know: 1. Knowing their lineage/parentage 2. Breeding them (best if you can do both)
Some birds have easy genetics, ie. Partridge is the most recessive, it won't carry any other base colors underneath eb/eb.
Buff is a complicated color. What are you wanting to breed? Do you want...