Button Quail Question. Can red breasted buttons have white wings?

[NewfoundMamaBird]

Hi all, complete newbie here. I hatched my first button quail less than 2 weeks ago (9-12 days). People with some experience gave some educated guesses on future type/color based on baby pics and as their feathers are starting to come in, there is only one that I think is somehow different than the educated guesses. But what do know, I had never seen more than pictures before these hatched! Of the 10, 4 are white, 2 are silver/silver redbreasted, 1 is silver tuxedo (Blueface perhaps) and 3 were called red breasted. 2 of the red breasted look very similar at this stage with all feathers so far looking dark with white tips, even wings. Then there is my last little miracle baby, looked to have similar markings at birth, but this wings seem to be coming in white, ot at least the bottom feathers. Can a red breasted have white wings? The first 2 pics below are him/her on day 3 and I just snapped the rest just now (sorry or quality). The third just shows his back, the next shows the white wing feathers and the last shows one of the other two that were guessed to be RB for comparison. Any thoughts?
P.s. I can't wait for the day when I can stop calling them he/she and give them names. Lol.

 

[rinnith]

yes, Its the gene that led to the Tux. Honestly I love when they have the white it adds character.

 

[NewfoundMamaBird]

yes, Its the gene that led to the Tux. Honestly I love when they have the white it adds character.

Thanks! She has turned into a beautiful little thing. Just past 4 weeks now. I'm delighted to have gotten one girl from the 3 potential red breasted. The males are gorgeous as well. So far out of 10 I can only guess at one being female. Lol

 

[rinnith]

yeah I am having a similar problem, luckily the local breeder can help me with three hens. My boys are going nuts but everyone is separated and safe.

 

[NewfoundMamaBird]

yeah I am having a similar problem, luckily the local breeder can help me with three hens. My boys are going nuts but everyone is separated and safe.

I figure in a couple weeks I should be able to see sex in 2 silvers and the one tuxedo (which I am almost certain now is male), the the 4 whites are going to have to tell me by their behavior because they basically all look like the same bird to me. Lol

 

[heatherbeast]

Yes. Mom was carrying the pied-wing gene, so it wasn't really obvious, since they are white with black speckles. Your lady in the https://www.backyardchickens.com/attachments/20221205_224558-jpg.3344308/ pic is pied-wing.

 

[NewfoundMamaBird]

Yes. Mom was carrying the pied-wing gene, so it wasn't really obvious, since they are white with black speckles. Your lady in the https://www.backyardchickens.com/attachments/20221205_224558-jpg.3344308/ pic is pied-wing.

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I just noticed that one of the males has the same white on lower wing.

 

[ButtonNomies]

Theyre called white winged pieds, its quite pretty when it happens Check out my boy Robin I think he's a Darth Vadar white winged pied

 

[NewfoundMamaBird]

Theyre called white winged pieds, its quite pretty when it happens Check out my boy Robin I think he's a Darth Vadar white winged pied View attachment 3374411

Robin is gorgeous! Turns out my two red breasted chicks chose each other as a couple and are the ones I'm letting keep their eggs to see if she wants to try hatching them. She has white on both her wings and he actually has one wing with white flight feathers. The breeder I got my eggs from was breeding for tuxedos and my eggs came from a bunch of different hens. Funny thing was, I has my heart set on red breasts but the breeder said she breeds for white, silvers and tuxedos, so I didn't expect to get my RB. But I got three! One sadly passed. I also got 4 white, one dark ish silver tuxedo and two beautiful silver type hens. I don't think they are straight silver and someone originally said silver RB, but others say silver pearl. I truly don't know the difference between them, but they are certainly beauties. I'm interested to see what my little RBs would produce for chicks. This is Sissy and Blue. Unfortunately you can't see the white wing feathers in these pics.

 

[ButtonNomies]

The one in the first photo is a Darth Vadar (bluefaced and redbreasted) I have 3 girls like ur girlie, I love how the females speckle out.

Female silver redbreasted's speckle out in similar marking to ur redbreasted girl but in silver and white. Most females have more broken up colouring than their male counterparts.

male silver redbreasted

female silver redbreasted