Cali bobwhite Cross

[007Sean]

That doesn't make sense because you guys say that old world and new world don't mix, however we had zero issues with putting them together. Granted they were born together, but they did have seperstion for about 4 weeks then it took 3 days for her to resettle, but no violence? We were told she was a white bobwhite... Never heard of this one that u say she is. When we brought her she was sold to us as a northern bobwhite... But they both came out white. So looked it up and it came up as a white bobwhite. So we have just got some English white cortinex eggs to introduce with the baby jumbos later. However the eggs are weird for whites.... I'll take a photo and see what u think. I think in England there are huge issues regarding what u are told and what u are sold!! We also have some cali eggs in there and more elsa eggs. Little Larry is now a week old and still looking awesome. But will keep an eye. If it fails we won't hatch any more. Just eat the eggs. But would love to have them survive. Xx

She is definitely not a Northern Bobwhite.
You got sold a 'bill of goods', some people do call them white Bobwhites but they are not Bobwhites, they are a strain of Coturnix.
Over in the UK, they refer to them as English Whites.
Does she have a brown spot on her back just behind her neck, if so then she is a Texas A&M Bobwhite, if not then she is an English White.

Hope it survives to maturity too! Would love to see how it feathers out!
ETA - sometimes nature doesn't read the same books we do....old world and new world crosses could happen....anything is possible! though very rare in occurance.

 

[Owntalin]

She is definitely not a Northern Bobwhite.
You got sold a 'bill of goods', some people do call them white Bobwhites but they are not Bobwhites, they are a strain of Coturnix.
Over in the UK, they refer to them as English Whites.
Does she have a brown spot on her back just behind her neck, if so then she is a Texas A&M Bobwhite, if not then she is an English White.

Hope it survives to maturity too! Would love to see how it feathers out!
ETA - sometimes nature doesn't read the same books we do....old world and new world crosses could happen....anything is possible! though very rare in occurance.

So no matter what we have a rare baby!!.... And could get more with this batch! Ohhhh OK ty xx

 

[Owntalin]

Those look like Coturnix eggs, so if that’s what the breeder told you, they seem accurate. White birds don’t just come from/produce white eggs, bobwhite eggs are more white/cream and plain, and Coturnix have a wide variation of spots and speckles, some have tiny blackish spots, some big brown blotches, celadons that are blue with little or no spots.

What is a celedon? As one of them looks bluey grey... Can u see it in the photo? With no spots?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

What is a celedon? As one of them looks bluey grey... Can u see it in the photo? With no spots?

They're the blue eggs in this picture. A variety of coturnix quail

 

[007Sean]

So no matter what we have a rare baby!!.... And could get more with this batch! Ohhhh OK ty xx

It's possible but at the same time they will be sterile, so that's as far as it goes.

 

[007Sean]

What is a celedon? As one of them looks bluey grey... Can u see it in the photo? With no spots?

I don't see any Celedon eggs.

 

[Owntalin]

OK ty lads xx I'll keep u posted on the bubba xx

 

[Owntalin]

To confirm as I had a thought our not bobwhite came from a pure white egg...

 

[Owntalin]

.... And she don't talk cortinex.. She talks Bob... Cause she talks with the baby Mexican and snowflake bobwhites we just introduced into their flock.... They took them as their babies.

 

[007Sean]

To confirm as I had a thought our not bobwhite came from a pure white egg...

They lay white eggs just like a Bobwhite.