Colour variants in Coturnix quail?

Chip and Rocky are Pharaohs. Pea can be Rosetta or scarlet, the lighting is a bit dark, but it will also grow to be a messy tuxedo (pied), probably white markings on the chest, chin, and possibly the wings. I believe plum is Rosetta messy tux, can you get a shot in good light from above so I can see its back? Peach looks like a Tibetan messy tux, it looks like there might be some brown on the head, so maybe a bit of Rosetta too, you find that a lot in mixed groups, you get some interesting combinations of incompletely dominant genes. I’d need to see photos of Cookie and Dot from above so I can see their back, and good lighting. I suspect Dot is somewhere between a pharaoh and Rosetta. With the light I can’t even confidently guess with Cookie, I need to see the stripes on its back, and the color in good light.
Oh man that's a lot of combinations! I'm kind of excited to see if you're right haha. I'll try and get better pictures tomorrow but the lighting in my home isn't very good.
Peach is black and yellow with some faint traces of brown on the head yes, Cookie is a very pale yellow with pale brown stripes, and Dot has dried out more since that picture now and definitely looks more like Chip. The thing with Rocky though is that he has much more orangey main colour compared to Chip and Dot? It flares a lot around the head I find.
 
Oh man that's a lot of combinations! I'm kind of excited to see if you're right haha. I'll try and get better pictures tomorrow but the lighting in my home isn't very good.
Peach is black and yellow with some faint traces of brown on the head yes, Cookie is a very pale yellow with pale brown stripes, and Dot has dried out more since that picture now and definitely looks more like Chip. The thing with Rocky though is that he has much more orangey main colour compared to Chip and Dot? It flares a lot around the head I find.
The first one looks like it’s influenced with some range pattern, so he will be darker most likely. Just like brunette in humans has a wide range, so does pharaoh in quail. Does cookie have an odd or even number of stripes?
 
The first one looks like it’s influenced with some range pattern, so he will be darker most likely. Just like brunette in humans has a wide range, so does pharaoh in quail. Does cookie have an odd or even number of stripes?
2 on the head, 3 on the back
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Cookie looks like an Italian.
Oooh that’ll be cute if it’s the case! It’s morning now so here’s some from above pics hopefully they’re clear enough

Chip:
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Cookie:
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Rocky:
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Pea (he hatched out of the egg a bit weird and was my most lethargic chick, he peeked up last night but took a turn this morning, so I’m unsure if he’ll make it):
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Plum:
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Peach:
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and Dot:
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I’m still in awe at just how different they all look. I really didn’t expect to be able to identify each chick by appearances alone haha so I feel pretty lucky in that regard.
 
Looking at cookie, I’m not certain between Italian and wild pattern, normally Italian will be an odd number of lines down the back with one in the center, and wild pattern will be even number, with 2 close together in the middle with a thin space between them in the center. He may be a silver of some sort, of mixed lineage, so he may end up with an almost speckled looking wild pattern.
 
Looking at cookie, I’m not certain between Italian and wild pattern, normally Italian will be an odd number of lines down the back with one in the center, and wild pattern will be even number, with 2 close together in the middle with a thin space between them in the center. He may be a silver of some sort, of mixed lineage, so he may end up with an almost speckled looking wild pattern.
Bless, Cookie certainly is the mystery chick out of the bunch then haha. I'll be sure to post their adult plumage on here eventually so that we can see how they truly turn out in this case haha. Thanks for all the ideas though!
 

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