Albino?

[FloorCandy]

I remember reading something somewhere about quail with white down as chicks. I wanna say someone had posted about white down and someone had mentioned some kind of genetic abnormality about it. Not much help, but maybe glimpse thru recent posts.

 

[FloorCandy]

I just looked at the thread about falb fee, I posted this thought there as well. The chicks down looks like the white areas of the fee chick in the original post there. So I’m wondering if this is maybe a chick that would have been white, or white with light silver markings, and the down color might be affected by the fee gene?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/japanese-coturnix-falb-fee-discussion-thread.1331646/

 

[Fenrisulfr]

I just looked at the thread about falb fee, I posted this thought there as well. The chicks down looks like the white areas of the fee chick in the original post there. So I’m wondering if this is maybe a chick that would have been white, or white with light silver markings, and the down color might be affected by the fee gene?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/japanese-coturnix-falb-fee-discussion-thread.1331646/

As posted in the other thread, might be a recessive or dotted White additional with the Fee factor.

 

[FoxManor]

Interesting... thanks for asking elsewhere. I really know nothing about the fee genes. The little guy is still with me, it’s small but not unhealthy. I have noticed a behavior I’ve never seen in a chick before. When the other chicks start clumping up, either for new feed, scared, or just because quails seem to clump, lol, rather than push through or jump over/be trampled, it puts its wings out tucks it’s head down and runs backwards until it’s out of the way. It then straightens back up and goes where it wants. At first I thought it was something neurological as I’d just see this quail running backwards when I peeked in. I realized it’s a behavior it’s choosing to do or not do. I’m not sure if I’ve just never seen this or if it’s specific to this little guy. It’s grown a bit and it’s in with less quails and I haven’t seen it really do it. I’m not sure if that’s a normal quail behavior, or possibly a symptom? Maybe jumping is difficult or it doesn’t see well? Or it’s just a smart little quail solving the issue of being tiny in a big group?

 

[FloorCandy]

Interesting... thanks for asking elsewhere. I really know nothing about the fee genes. The little guy is still with me, it’s small but not unhealthy. I have noticed a behavior I’ve never seen in a chick before. When the other chicks start clumping up, either for new feed, scared, or just because quails seem to clump, lol, rather than push through or jump over/be trampled, it puts its wings out tucks it’s head down and runs backwards until it’s out of the way. It then straightens back up and goes where it wants. At first I thought it was something neurological as I’d just see this quail running backwards when I peeked in. I realized it’s a behavior it’s choosing to do or not do. I’m not sure if I’ve just never seen this or if it’s specific to this little guy. It’s grown a bit and it’s in with less quails and I haven’t seen it really do it. I’m not sure if that’s a normal quail behavior, or possibly a symptom? Maybe jumping is difficult or it doesn’t see well? Or it’s just a smart little quail solving the issue of being tiny in a big group?

Mine waddle backwards too sometimes. If it isn’t excessive I’m sure it’s fine.

 

[FoxManor]

Mine waddle backwards too sometimes. If it isn’t excessive I’m sure it’s fine.

Lol, ok. Just a weird quail thing.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

If it does happen to be albino, it can't see as well. Their eyes are so sensitive to light, they go blind young