Color ID (& sex if possible) Coturnix

[CascadiaRiver]

Hello! My babies are getting all grown up way too fast like quail often do, and while everyone is still being peaceful and so sweet (honestly the most mellow quail I have ever owned.) I am more curious every day who's boys & girls. I figure at least one is not feather sexable so I am fine waiting, but I am insanely curious about what their colors are technically. I love color genetics but I'm rusty with coturnix, I picked each of these guys so they'd look different from my tux/bibbed pharoah girl and I couldn't be happier with this little flock!

1. Grey Tuxedo/Pied (guessing not feather sexable, but is the reddish color on the cheeks & chest signs of male?)


2. Roux? (red cheek bars & not a lot of spots on the chest, male?)


3. Pearl or pansy? (female?)

Them as babies:

 

[Nabiki]

1 - not feather sexable
2 - clearer pics of the chest, please
3 - probably female, but watch the head. If it turns brown, then male.

 

[CascadiaRiver]

1 - not feather sexable
2 - clearer pics of the chest, please
3 - probably female, but watch the head. If it turns brown, then male.

Thank you! Do you know the names of the colors? I love genetics and I'd love to look up what these could make if mixed, hoping to hatch quail this year but we'll see what the quail & this year has for us haha


Chest has been pretty clear and spotless on this guy so I'm feeling pretty dude, this last week the rest of the side-chest spotting has faded which you can kind of see here.


and is the slight tannish color on their neck the brown you were talking about, or more obvious like on manchurian?

 

[Nabiki]

That first one is male. The second one I'm not sure of. If it's in the 3-5 week range, I would say male, but I would wait and watch the head.

 

[CascadiaRiver]

That first one is male. The second one I'm not sure of. If it's in the 3-5 week range, I would say male, but I would wait and watch the head.

Dang thank you though! I got them at this age on may 16th (and I'm guessing they were about 3 weeks at that time?) which would put them at approx 5 weeks now? Does that seem to align? Sorry it's been a little bit since I had babies so I'm a tad rusty!

 

[Nabiki]

Dang thank you though! I got them at this age on may 16th (and I'm guessing they were about 3 weeks at that time?) which would put them at approx 5 weeks now? Does that seem to align? Sorry it's been a little bit since I had babies so I'm a tad rusty!
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These look like they're about 2 weeks old.

 

[CascadiaRiver]

These look like they're about 2 weeks old.

Okay thank you, so that'd put them at around 4-5 weeks. I'll keep an eye out for eggs and make plans accordingly, I am really hoping for only one or two boys, I'd hate to have introduced babies to my adult hen only to have to take them away and try again with a new group for her

Do you happen to know genetics for coturnix? If not I can make a separate thread, you've been a ton of help I really appreciate it!

 

[Nabiki]

The colours and genetics have changed a lot even in the last six years, and I haven't really kept up on them. The names of the colours seems to keep changing as well.