Barbu D'Anvers color question. Silver Quail?

[d3n2]

Hello everyone!

Just a little update. I was able to hatch out 2 chicks from the golden roo and the gold quail. Picture below.

Looks like one is a silver, and the other is a gold? I assume the silver will be a hen. From basic research online, they seem to be eb based, is that correct? Possible to tell if they have Pg at this point?

 

[Amer]

Hello everyone!

Just a little update. I was able to hatch out 2 chicks from the golden roo and the gold quail. Picture below.

Looks like one is a silver, and the other is a gold? I assume the silver will be a hen. From basic research online, they seem to be eb based, is that correct? Possible to tell if they have Pg at this point?


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They're very cute! I don't know, I'm not great with chick colors. They're definitely a gold and silver columbian though, if they were totally melanized with quail they would look less like mille fluer chicks and more like quail chicks.

 

[d3n2]

A little 2 week update on the chicks! Sorry for the picture quality, it was getting dark. One does seem to be gold and the other silver. I hope they turn out to be quails, or something close..

 

[Amer]

A little 2 week update on the chicks! Sorry for the picture quality, it was getting dark. One does seem to be gold and the other silver. I hope they turn out to be quails, or something close..

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HM
They seem more columbian than quail to me.My quails tend to have very dark wings to begin with.

 

[d3n2]

HM
They seem more columbian than quail to me.My quails tend to have very dark wings to begin with.

Ooo.. Let’s see! I would be happy to get some columbians, which means they only need a couple copies of the Ml gene to be quail. I really hope they don’t have Pg or Db..

 

[d3n2]

Hello everyone, just another update. They're about a month old in these photos. They do look very much like columbians. Do you guys see Db or Pg?

Any guesses on gender? I feel like they're both boys. Also, a quick correction, I realize they are actually Watermael's, as are their parents.

 

[Amer]

Hello everyone, just another update. They're about a month old in these photos. They do look very much like columbians. Do you guys see Db or Pg?

Any guesses on gender? I feel like they're both boys. Also, a quick correction, I realize they are actually Watermael's, as are their parents.


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They are looking more melanized than I would think for a columbian so I guess they are probably red quail and silver quail.
Maybe being e^b based unlike our e+ based quail here in the states would account for the different down color.

 

[Amer]

They both are cockerels.

 

[d3n2]

Hi Amer, thanks for your reply!

When you say red quail, do you mean with mahogany? I was thinking that too.. not sure where that came from, maybe the dad..

I do feel they are eb base, based on their down. At least I don’t have any wheaten based genes. No Db or Pg?

The silver boy I plan to replace his father for my silver quail project. Oh and I just realized, if he is a boy he would be golden and not silver, correct?