Albino Coturnix

[CapricornFarm]

Can you see it?

 

[CapricornFarm]

I go three eggs from my albino quails today, i will have to check and see if one is a male.

 

[igorsMistress]

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Can you see it?

Yes'm I can see it.

 

[CapricornFarm]

From what i can tell at this point, they are all females. I put a silver male in with them.

 

[JiminyChristmas]

See what? The pic? Yes. The red eyes? No.

Look like white quail.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Well i guess i am not a good enough photographer. Anyone that wants can come look at them.

 

[JiminyChristmas]

Certainly not saying you're incorrect. I even charged my laptop so I could see if it showed better than on my phone. All they show are a reflection of the pupil and a dark iris.
Albinistic animals lack pigmentation in the pupil, the pink you see is actually blood vessels.

A full sunlight photo would probably show it best.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Certainly not saying you're incorrect. I even charged my laptop so I could see if it showed better than on my phone. All they show are a reflection of the pupil and a dark iris.
Albinistic animals lack pigmentation in the pupil, the pink you see is actually blood vessels.

A full sunlight photo would probably show it best.

I know this as far as lack of pigmentation, i have a degree in biology and have been keeping birds a very long time. I don't like to keep the birds in full sun as it bothers their eyes. If i manage to get a better picture i will post it.
I do have an albino male, but hesitate to mix him with albino females due to possible lack of vigor. I will likely keep him with my silvers if they are not aggressive towards him.

 

[koturnix]

They seem to be random - I have an albino chick out of a batch of 12. Yellow with red eyes, at first I thought it was blind as it kept its eyes closed. It would walk in circles, stumble around and had little interest in eating. I mixed its food with probiotics, honey and water to make a sort of vitamin juice to feed it with syringe. It can find the water dispenser okay now, still stumbles around and sometimes walks over the other chicks...

 

[CapricornFarm]

They seem to be random - I have an albino chick out of a batch of 12. Yellow with red eyes, at first I thought it was blind as it kept its eyes closed. It would walk in circles, stumble around and had little interest in eating. I mixed its food with probiotics, honey and water to make a sort of vitamin juice to feed it with syringe. It can find the water dispenser okay now, still stumbles around and sometimes walks over the other chicks...

Mine all came from the Schofield Silver Collection Coturnix line. The second generation had lots. Curious to hatch some of their eggs but i need to cut back right now.