3-4 week old Coturnix colour identification

[Oob Child]

I like how differently coloured their beaks are. Sugar's is lightly coloured with black bits, but Cinni's is a brown/ tan colour. So cute

 

[Nabiki]

As long as both of them aren't roos
I'm hoping for one male and one female, so I can finally breed my own quail.

If you end up with one male and one female, your female is going to get overbred. This will mean injuries, and possibly death. A male needs at least 3 hens, 5 is ideal. You are better off if they are both the same gender.

 

[Nabiki]

That's so cool! I was just saying the other day how I wanted a pansy fee
They look like pearls but with more black!
How differently coloured can grau fee be to eachother? You said my gray/light brown coloured quail, Spot, was a grau fee, how can a dark brown one also be classified as the same colour? Or do they change colour alot?

There is some variation in depth of colour. You will find that they also change some when they moult.

 

[Patiocoturnix]

If you end up with one male and one female, your female is going to get overbred. This will mean injuries, and possibly death. A male needs at least 3 hens, 5 is ideal. You are better off if they are both the same gender.

@Oob Child has his 3 other quail so if one is a roo he would have 4 hens to 1 roo.

 

[Oob Child]

@Oob Child has his 3 other quail so if one is a roo he would have 4 hens to 1 roo.

Yes, sorry for the misunderstanding.

 

[Patiocoturnix]

Yes, sorry for the misunderstanding.

All good hopefully you get your wanted ratio.

 

[Oob Child]

There is some variation in depth of colour. You will find that they also change some when they moult.

Ohh ok. My grau fee has the same patterns but appeared grayer. This one just looks darker, but I could be imagining it.

 

[Oob Child]

Sugar is starting to get brown bits on her head and light peach colouration on her body, but her chest is still completely white and much of her feathers are white. Could this be a weird mix?

 

[Nabiki]

She might turn out to be an Italian. It's so hard to tell what the chicks are going to look like sometimes.

 

[Kiki]

That light one doesn't look pansy anything to me and I'd bet money on it being a male.

Are these the ones that person sold to you as jumbos?

What colors did they have?