Some more info: These quail hatched from eggs a breeder friend of mine got from a quail breeder who said they were “standard brown”. The eggs were standard size but some were blueish with brown speckles.
My friend gave me 9 and kept 2 (another gray/brown barred and the only golden colored one...
Here is one of the other hens. She’s quite gray and I’m thinking there *might* be Schofield Silver in her lineage (as in she’s half pharaoh, half Schofield).
Edited to add: after more research I think she has the Fee gene and is actually a Falb Fee hen.
I’m a chicken breeder turned new Coturnix quail keeper when a breeder friend gave me 9 quail. They are now 4.5 weeks old. They are all supposed to be standard brown/Pharaoh but two have barring on their chests and are a different pattern & shade than the others.
Can anyone tell me what this...