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Nope! That is where Button Quail genetics get interesting. They are kind of like that box of chocolates that Forrest Gump talked about. You never know what you are going to get! He will definitely have some but his hen will contribute some genes there too.
I had a pair that was a Red Breasted Pied male and a df Blue Face Pied female and their clutches would be split down the middle with half like her and half like him. Red Breasted is recessive so go figure!! People have been mixing Buttons for so long now that nothing really breeds true in them anymore. The only time I had whole clutches breed true was when I did some linebreeding.
Nope! That is where Button Quail genetics get interesting. They are kind of like that box of chocolates that Forrest Gump talked about. You never know what you are going to get! He will definitely have some but his hen will contribute some genes there too.
I had a pair that was a Red Breasted Pied male and a df Blue Face Pied female and their clutches would be split down the middle with half like her and half like him. Red Breasted is recessive so go figure!! People have been mixing Buttons for so long now that nothing really breeds true in them anymore. The only time I had whole clutches breed true was when I did some linebreeding.