Button x Japanese cross

[nicalandia]

Both are Coturnix, Buttons are much smaller, I wander if a male Button would mount/breed common coturnix females

 

[Xouie]

They’re pretty distant cousins — not the same taxonomic family.

But hey, if he wants to give it a try, what the heck.

*That was a JOKE.* The coturnix girls may not take kindly to his attention and injure him... or worse.

 

[Nabiki]

The size difference alone makes it extremely unlikely at best, and possibly deadly at worst.

 

[nicalandia]

I am coming from a chicken genetic background, Since every Gallus subespecies can breed with each other without much trouble, the hybrids are fertile, I was thinking that it would be similar to a bamtam rooster mating with a large hen, both the Japanese and Chinese quails are subspecies of the Coturnix clade, I understand that new world quails and Coturnix Will not produce viable offspring

 

[Livvy0987]

They’re pretty distant cousins — not the same taxonomic family.

But hey, if he wants to give it a try, what the heck.

*That was a JOKE.* The coturnix girls may not take kindly to his attention and injure him... or worse.

Sweet Home Alabama...

 

[Livvy0987]

Both are Coturnix, Buttons are much smaller, I wander if a male Button would mount/breed common coturnix females

Maybe check out this forum
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/can-button-and-coturnix-live-together.109233/

 

[Livvy0987]

I'm kidding, It's a joke that everyone might not have known, sorry.

 

[HuffleClaw]

I'm kidding, It's a joke that everyone might not have known, sorry.

You’re in the clear.

 

[Quaicken108]

There was this question asked not long ago:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...inese-quail-to-generate-a-new-hybrid.1431461/
My thoughts as well as others have been posted and are in my opinion, quite realistic and trustworthy.

 

[Quailobsessed]

While a king quail may try to mount a japanese hen if desperate enough, this doesn't mean they can interbreed. My lone california quail mounts japanese hens and attepts to mount my golden pheasant hen, but they can't produce offspring.