Coturnix Quail Basics- Information and Pictures Galore

[hypnofrogstevie]

Once my babies hatch in a couple weeks I will get pics

 

[LilRalphieRoosmama]

Oh - and Monarc - thank you. Just say when and they are yours!

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Beautiful!!

 

[monarc23]

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he's very pretty...howeveri have a party pooper moment for you Cindy...hes a wild colored male ...it's okay though cuz i still thnk Kpax is a blue faced carrier...from what i've read he looks like he carries it.

heres a wild male to give you reference: http://world.std.com/~kcl/smquailrooster.jpg

and heres a blue faced male:
http://chinesepaintedquail.co.uk/quails_images/blue_face_male.jpg

^^^ Shelley that above is why they call them blue faceds

 

[LilRalphieRoosmama]

Thanks!!! And if you're my swap buddy...

 

[LilRalphieRoosmama]

Well don't I just have quail egg all over my face...but I like mine better!!

 

[monarc23]

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hehe! hey we could swap coturnix blood (not really blood lines lol)!

Where did you get your coturnix from anyhow?

I may need to buy from your coturnix egg fund (Or swap) in the spring as well! I'm always going ot be on the look out for new lines (from different breeders--so far all of my birds are mixed from eachother in the pens I've got them in it's pretty fun) LOL!

 

[monarc23]

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I think the wilds are GORGEOUS!!! However anything blue gets me going....when i bred rabbits i jsut HAD to have blue otter holland lops, and blue torts...and I have blue eyed cocker spaniel (well only one of his eyes is blue..) LOL!!!!

Oddly enough though, my favorite color is black.

 

[LilRalphieRoosmama]

My SIL is a breeder in SC (kayjay300 on ebay) and that's where I got my start.

He's really a wild colored male??? He has such a beautiful cinnamon breast and blue feathers...but Kpax's mom is a beautiful silver female. I have several pure whites and haven't hatched any pure whites yet. Hopefully in the hatch I'm hatching now I'll get some.

 

[shelleyd2008]

I think blue birds are just different, maybe that's why you like them so much!! They have more of an exotic feel to them. Naturally blue (real blue, not grey that is called blue) animals are rare, so that's probably why!

I too think the wild is very pretty. The blue face is kind of funky looking!