The first pic with just one bird, that is a female coloration. Remember a lot of the common button colors have a male color and female color. The light one on the left of the second picture also looks like a girl to me.
i’ve had several like that....color “leakage”. your pics make more sense to me now!! i think your “light thing” is a german pastel, and dark thing is rosetta.....i believe your “redhead thing” may be an autumn amber
they are all absolutely gorgeous!! DH gives me a hard time because the reason it takes us so long to complete a butcher day is because I pick based on favorite colors and he picks based on size!!! his new “measuring tool” is by holding them to see how much separation between his thumb and fingers to determine if they are big enough to butcher......I just say ok or no way!!! (and mostly take out pharaoh, egyptian and others that i have replacements for)
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@FortCluck This is crazy quail land.
We have hatching addictions here.
One of us will send you eggs.
We have hatching addictions here.
One of us will send you eggs.
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Well, I own birds all over the map in terms of size and color (I am a softie and have a big retirement pen of favorites that didn't make the breeding cut), but the ones I am actively working with now are charcoal/grau-fee, pearl-fee, falb-fee, roux dilute, and silver/blue, all with body weights between 8 oz and 12 oz and egg weights between 12g and 17g.
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My rec just depends on what your goal is! I'd recommend a pharaoh for her precisely because I've no idea of her genetic makeup and that might give you a clue. For a normal silver it would just depend if you wanted more plain ones or some combination.
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I found a buried egg again today...3 inches under chipped wood. Mom said a couple unsexed and a female were guarding it earlier. Going to be reallll annoyed if they've been burying a bunch of eggs and I've lost them
That looks a lot like the silver male I got from @CoturnixComplex . He has two dark feathers in his back too.
When can I quit grinding up feed for my quail at what age can give regular crumble
You should be fine to switch anytime now.....it’s not absolutely necessary to grind it at all but they tend to waste less at first if it’s finer.
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