Coturnix colors

[quailbrain]

Ok so I have my first Coturnix and want to know what/ how to tell the colorations. Over all there aren't seeming to be to many variants compaired to other species but I'm still confused (not that that is new!

) So.... The Red's??? Is Rosetta and fawn also called red? Is red a different coloration all together?

Then Silver. I see a lot of mention about silver but no one who has them nor do I see any images. I don't know if I misunderstood something while reading about them or not but would love someone who knows to explain a bit more!


First i'll start with the adults.... chicks will be a whole different story!

 

[shelleyd2008]

The only silvers I know of are in buttons, coturnix are in variations of brown, red, and white.

From what I gather, there is no 'fawn' in the US, the reds are also known as cinnamon. They look just like browns, but with red instead of brown feathers.
Rosetta is hard to describe, but it is my favorite color. monarc23 has pics of hers all over this forum, just do a search, it might be on her tutorial in the sticky.

 

[quailbrain]

The tutorial from monarc23 is where I first found silver listed and a picture of Fawn. I guess I could have read it wrong. I think that the tutorial is amazing thought there are SOOO MANNYY replies to it that is is hard to the read through them so I could have missed...well a lot! I didn't remember seeing red in the first part of the tutorial as to why I was asking. It's fabulous to have a source like that!

 

[SamG347]

There are Silver/Smokey/Grey Coturnix but not in the U.S. they are pretty common in the U.K.

 

[quailbrain]

Oh, another elusive color mutation in the UK! I'm always peeking on thier Ebay to see the mutations for Button Quail they have listed that we don't have here.... guess I've got a new one to search for pictures of.

 

[quailbrain]

Oh wow look how pretty this one is!!! Let me know if the link doesn't work. I'm not use to this forum stuff!!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/24-Mixed-Cotu...:2|39:1|72:2122|293:1|294:50#ebayphotohosting

 

[monarc23]

YAY color talk!!!!

There is "Silver" but if im not mistaken silver is mainly known as Platinum... Ironsun, correct me if im wrong. It's not in the US ....yet. I'm working on it with some over-seas knowledge (aka ironsun)

Well I can't even say im working on it yet but ITS IN THE WORKS...on pen and paper

This is REd (known as cinnamon in the UK i normally call it cinnamon)

SAME pattern as the wild at hatching, but with a firey red base

and heres this same chick at adult:

and here is RED RANGE aka Cinnamon Range:

This bird looks like a solid brick red wth or without eyebrow marks

and heres this same chick at adult:

Here is a rosetta:
Solid:

Tuxedo:

adult solid:

my rosetta tuxedos aren't adults yet, in that ugly fledling stage right now

and here is a color that gets highly confused with rosetta (in chick form)
Golden Range:
garh well this doesnt help that i can't find a picture of one... will have to get one tomorrow

but for right now, the difference in teh chicks is suttle unless you know what to look for. Rosetta chicks are more red/orange where as the golden range chicks are darker with less red orange look to them

adult golden range:

OH and FAWN... i have fawn eggs in my incubator as we speak... 19 of them

As well as 20 some reds

 

[Ironsun]

Hi quailbrain,

The photo in the ebay listing you shown is a Fawn gold, basicaly its a gold bird that has fawn colouration instead of normal.

The other colour mention were silvers, we call them Platium, but we also have silvers and creams in the normal wild feather types to (they also come in range and tuxedo)

I've got all three of the newer mutations now, platinum, silver and cream and when my son visits, I will post some photo's of the different ones you can expect in the future.

Ironsun.

 

[ijon1]

Do you have any trouble with the quail on dirt? I keep hearing they are suppose to be on wire.

 

[QuailKeeper]

i keep mine on wire for 85% of their lives. the balance is spent in a run on the ground. they do like to scratch, dust bathe, and eat the dirt so i guess it makes them happier