Can you identify the colour of this Coturnix quail?

[CrazyQuailLady]

Hi everyone!

I am new to raising quail (or any poultry/gamebirds for that matter). I bought 2 dozen fertile jumbo Coturnix quail eggs, incubated them (boy was that an experience!), most of them hatched and now my chicks are 3 weeks old! Yay!

I have 18 chicks. 15 of them are Jumbo Browns. 2 of them I have figured out are Golden Manchurian (thank you Google). Does anyone know what colour my last chick is (the lightest coloured one in this picture)?

Plenty of alfalfa to whoever knows the answer to this and can help a newbie.

 

[DaisyQ12]

Well it certainly is gorgeous! I'm only guessing here but it could be a dilute? Such a pretty bird though! here is a good link to some colors http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/NDG/Quail/JapQ/BRKJapQ.html
Hope this helps!

 

[Quail Jailer]

Its a silver something ( i can't remember). I bet DC will tell us later.

 

[JeremyS]

Looks like a silver one to me, It may have some slight brown colouring on it.. I have the same...
Good luck with the chicks..

Jezz

 

[CrazyQuailLady]

Its a silver something ( i can't remember). I bet DC will tell us later.

Nice. I thought it might be either silver or blue but wasn't sure.

Looks like a silver one to me, It may have some slight brown colouring on it.. I have the same...
Good luck with the chicks..

Jezz

Cool, another person who thinks it is silver. The black streaks you see on the wings... it is just poo just in case you thought it might be the feather colour

Well it certainly is gorgeous! I'm only guessing here but it could be a dilute? Such a pretty bird though!

here is a good link to some colors http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/NDG/Quail/JapQ/BRKJapQ.html
Hope this helps!

Thank you, I think it is a beautiful bird too. Also thank you for the article. It was an interesting read


So... 2 for silver, and 1 for dilute. Dilute being a mixture of colours? Whatever it is, I want more of them!!!

 

[CrazyQuailLady]

Looks like a silver one to me, It may have some slight brown colouring on it.. I have the same...
Good luck with the chicks..

Jezz

Thanks for your reply. So silver you say? I thought it might be silver or blue but wasn't sure.

Its a silver something ( i can't remember). I bet DC will tell us later.

Nice, another confirmation of silver. There are different types of silver? I hope DC knows then!

Well it certainly is gorgeous! I'm only guessing here but it could be a dilute? Such a pretty bird though!

here is a good link to some colors
Hope this helps!

It was an interesting article thank you! I think it is a beautiful bird too and I want more of them!

 

[JeremyS]

I still think its Silver variation.

Jezz

 

[QuailRaiser]

silver

 

[Quail Jailer]

Hey, I said it first, where's my ice cream?

 

[CrazyQuailLady]

Hey, I said it first, where's my ice cream?

Haha! One alfalfa flavoured ice cream coming your way!

Ok great, I'm glad to know my quail is most likely a silver. I feel really lucky I got one silver; it really stands out amongst the majority jumbo browns. Not to mention, it is one of the calmer, sweeter, tamer birds

Only thing I am not looking forward to is vent sexing!