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[CoturnixComplex]

It is a black tuxedo!! Just like the bad leg ones

shipped eggs from random sources this is killing me!!

Stupidly I mixed up my own 2 eggs with the others, so I dont know if they hatched or not am going to set a couple of my own this week.

I am so sorry. I have also had terrible experiences with shipped eggs before, I really sympathize it's so frustrating when it feels like your only source for stock comes with a giant question mark every time.

 

[Kiki]

Do any of you know when you can start to see differences between Bobwhite males and females?

Bond might know.
@007Sean

 

[Kiki]

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Shipped eggs on the left, homebred on the right. I'm still fiddling with their lamp to get it perfect. It's kind of a tiny space now that it's divided into two, but they go into the bigger one as soon as they've all popped out and dried off This is just to keep them convenient in my bathroom next to the incubators.

I see yellow and my favorite stretched out leg!

 

[CayugaJana]

When their first feathers start coming in, do they all look the same? And do they eventually molt into the different colors?

 

[Kiki]

When their first feathers start coming in, do they all look the same? And do they eventually molt into the different colors?

Well the wild type cots all look the same at first then they molt and change.

 

[CoturnixComplex]

When their first feathers start coming in, do they all look the same? And do they eventually molt into the different colors?

If you mean that females and males get different patterns, then the 2-3 week molt is when that happens.

You can usually tell fancy colors from birth, if not exactly what they are. My lighting is poor but I plan to post better comparison pics when they're all born for future chick ID purposes! You can see a distinct difference. Also, things like dark feet can be present from birth to indicate other colors.

 

[AussieQuailChick]

Hi everyone,
Just sexed my coturnix and here are some pictures of three girls. What colour males would be best to mate them up to for nice colour chicks?

 

[muddy75]

2 dozen in the brooder, 3 in bator, 3+ more pipped. lots of yeller!

 

[BullChick]

Hi everyone,
Just sexed my coturnix and here are some pictures of three girls. What colour males would be best to mate them up to for nice colour chicks?View attachment 1673768 View attachment 1673769 View attachment 1673770

Lavender!

 

[muddy75]

some of my 7....hoping not same one more than once! haha girl, girl, boy, girl, boy??? other 2 i’m 99% sure are boys giving me 3 girls, 4 boys if i’m correct.