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awh! *tear* hehe!
awh! *tear* hehe!
Coturnix Quail Basics- Information and Pictures Galore
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that's a blue faced baby my dear! (my FAVORITE)!!!!
A black or brown looking chick is none other than a blue faced. If it's a hen it will stay a dark brown as an adult, if it's a male at 4 weeks it should already be showing gorgeosu blue feathers from head to belly. They are drool worthy!
Heres some examples of blue faced BQS (i cannot wait to get my own lol):
with your chick having white on it's throat area...that means it's a double factor blue faced...i dotn know much about this, but to me i think it means the bird is dominant for producing blue faced chicks but i am not sure!!! so dont hold me to it LOL! Doesnt meanit's a male it could be a hen and have a bib...as my pretty wild pied hen does
. Plus blue faced males normally dont have a bib
http://www.zebrafinch.com/NewButtonquail/Button_Chicks/Blueface_dblfactor.jpg
this is the caption for that chick: a nearly all black chick, some individuals have white facial and chest down markings. (note white on facial area of this chick)
heres another blue faced chick: http://www.zebrafinch.com/NewButtonquail/NewPicts/BlueFace_chick.JPG
this lovely critter is a blue faced male: http://www.zebrafinch.com/NewButtonquail/Quail%20Pictures/BLUEFACE.JPG
this is a youngster double factor chick with the bib (blue face): http://www.zebrafinch.com/NewButtonquail/Quail%20Pictures/dblBF.jpg
this is a single factor blue faced hen: http://www.zebrafinch.com/NewButtonquail/Quail%20Pictures/SFBF.jpg
i can't find a double factor hen but tehy are much darker than the single factor hen and i assume keep the white bib
I love this girls site, i plan to swap eggs with her in the spring for blue faces its hows some blue faced chicks AND other chick colors for IDs: http://button-quail.tripod.com/chickid.html
that's a blue faced baby my dear! (my FAVORITE)!!!!
A black or brown looking chick is none other than a blue faced. If it's a hen it will stay a dark brown as an adult, if it's a male at 4 weeks it should already be showing gorgeosu blue feathers from head to belly. They are drool worthy!
Heres some examples of blue faced BQS (i cannot wait to get my own lol):
with your chick having white on it's throat area...that means it's a double factor blue faced...i dotn know much about this, but to me i think it means the bird is dominant for producing blue faced chicks but i am not sure!!! so dont hold me to it LOL! Doesnt meanit's a male it could be a hen and have a bib...as my pretty wild pied hen does
http://www.zebrafinch.com/NewButtonquail/Button_Chicks/Blueface_dblfactor.jpg
this is the caption for that chick: a nearly all black chick, some individuals have white facial and chest down markings. (note white on facial area of this chick)
heres another blue faced chick: http://www.zebrafinch.com/NewButtonquail/NewPicts/BlueFace_chick.JPG
this lovely critter is a blue faced male: http://www.zebrafinch.com/NewButtonquail/Quail%20Pictures/BLUEFACE.JPG
this is a youngster double factor chick with the bib (blue face): http://www.zebrafinch.com/NewButtonquail/Quail%20Pictures/dblBF.jpg
this is a single factor blue faced hen: http://www.zebrafinch.com/NewButtonquail/Quail%20Pictures/SFBF.jpg
i can't find a double factor hen but tehy are much darker than the single factor hen and i assume keep the white bib
I love this girls site, i plan to swap eggs with her in the spring for blue faces its hows some blue faced chicks AND other chick colors for IDs: http://button-quail.tripod.com/chickid.html
Well, just for poops and giggles, here's a current pic of them. Note the mohawks on the A&M's, so cute! They are feathering out really fast, and they are either 3 or 4 weeks, don't remember exactly. I'll do a search and see when I posted them hatching!
<edit> I got those eggs (buttons) from marie_martin, so maybe you should try her! The two that were dead in shell were silvers I think. Oh yeah, you can still see the bib on it in both pics!
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I was thinking the same thing - my blue males all looked like that when they were babies!
Wow, ok I was way off! They are just now about 3 weeks old!! It seems like it has been longer! The button is the size of a week old bantam chick already!
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yeppers that's a blue faced HEN I can almost bet ya 100 quail eggs haha!!
(funner to say than betting $100 dollars)! LOL!
As forthe A & Ms such cuties!!!!
As for Marie Martin I did buy from her a lot actually but my faulty incubator had other ideas...i onyl got one chick to sucessfully hatch...a wild male....and my darn cat got into the brooder when he was 4 weeks old (the chick was 4 weeks old not my cat lol) and he grabbed him...he scratched my chick on the braest area...very lightly...and the kitty saliva must have killed him OR my cat may have soemhow done internal damage because by the time i rescued him he was fnie just wet witha tiny scratch...and he died the next nighti was raelly sad.
Ihope to get some more BQ eggs from her in the spring she's a great button seller hehe!
yeppers that's a blue faced HEN I can almost bet ya 100 quail eggs haha!!
As forthe A & Ms such cuties!!!!
As for Marie Martin I did buy from her a lot actually but my faulty incubator had other ideas...i onyl got one chick to sucessfully hatch...a wild male....and my darn cat got into the brooder when he was 4 weeks old (the chick was 4 weeks old not my cat lol) and he grabbed him...he scratched my chick on the braest area...very lightly...and the kitty saliva must have killed him OR my cat may have soemhow done internal damage because by the time i rescued him he was fnie just wet witha tiny scratch...and he died the next nighti was raelly sad.
Ihope to get some more BQ eggs from her in the spring she's a great button seller hehe!
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cindy im really thinking Kpax (silver boy) is a blue carrier since you said his daddy was a blue...I really really REALLY hope he pops me out some blackies soi can dance for joy lol! I dont even care if he just gives me a blue faced hen....if itsa blue faced bird, im excited means i can breed fo rmore!
I'll more than likely be buying bqs from you in the spring by the way not sureif i told you that but i am planningon it
cindy im really thinking Kpax (silver boy) is a blue carrier since you said his daddy was a blue...I really really REALLY hope he pops me out some blackies soi can dance for joy lol! I dont even care if he just gives me a blue faced hen....if itsa blue faced bird, im excited means i can breed fo rmore!
I'll more than likely be buying bqs from you in the spring by the way not sureif i told you that but i am planningon it
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yeppers that's a blue faced HEN I can almost bet ya 100 quail eggs haha!!
(funner to say than betting $100 dollars)! LOL!
As forthe A & Ms such cuties!!!!
As for Marie Martin I did buy from her a lot actually but my faulty incubator had other ideas...i onyl got one chick to sucessfully hatch...a wild male....and my darn cat got into the brooder when he was 4 weeks old (the chick was 4 weeks old not my cat lol) and he grabbed him...he scratched my chick on the braest area...very lightly...and the kitty saliva must have killed him OR my cat may have soemhow done internal damage because by the time i rescued him he was fnie just wet witha tiny scratch...and he died the next nighti was raelly sad.
Ihope to get some more BQ eggs from her in the spring she's a great button seller hehe!
Lotta good a hen will do me with it being the only 1!!
Hope I get at least 1 more from the eggs Mr. AK sent me!! There's 48 left out of 50, broke 2 getting them out of the carton
so with my record of 1 out of 20 eggs, I should get at least 2 more!!
yeppers that's a blue faced HEN I can almost bet ya 100 quail eggs haha!!
As forthe A & Ms such cuties!!!!
As for Marie Martin I did buy from her a lot actually but my faulty incubator had other ideas...i onyl got one chick to sucessfully hatch...a wild male....and my darn cat got into the brooder when he was 4 weeks old (the chick was 4 weeks old not my cat lol) and he grabbed him...he scratched my chick on the braest area...very lightly...and the kitty saliva must have killed him OR my cat may have soemhow done internal damage because by the time i rescued him he was fnie just wet witha tiny scratch...and he died the next nighti was raelly sad.
Ihope to get some more BQ eggs from her in the spring she's a great button seller hehe!
Lotta good a hen will do me with it being the only 1!!
Ok, another stupid question...
Why do they call them blue-faced if they DO NOT HAVE blue faces??? That is silly to me!
Here's my favorite male and monarc's chick's daddy -
Isn't he pretty?
Isn't he pretty?
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