I just talked with my friend Robbie Richard at James Marie Farm. He hopes to be selling my line of silver Coturnixs he hatch from my eggs in late April and early May. He should have all of my different Silver variation for sale. He was also excited by the fact that in his last batch of eggs from...
Most studies I have seen or heard of have always focused on size or egg production. The program at that time at the University of British Columbia Quail Facility was very unique in the number of varieties they had.
It was at the time of major cut backs in Canada. Universities funding was being cut. It was just one of those things.
It was amazing Genetics. I don't know if they have kept any of them a live. I tried several times to get information but never got any replies.
University students with lots...
The University at that time also had Frizzles courturnixs with all curly type feathers. They had one strain that had one blue eye and one normal colour eye. They also had an albino Coturnix with pink eyes. Had them for a few years but not a very healthy strain.
Yes. They stopped selling to the public at that time. The only reason I got some was because I was doing it for a project in my grade 7 class. Shortly after that they cut back from the thirty plus varieties they had to about 7. To the best of my knowledge the blue eggers were cut. They also had...
I have had blue eggers for around 28 years. My first blue eggers were obtained from the University of British Columbia Quail Facility in or around 1986. I currently have three birds laying blue eggs. It is a recessive gene and I have never been able to fix it to one line. One of my hens is a...