Coturnix with heterochromia

[GreedySeedFeedy]

Ive had 1 chick born with real red eyes, an albino, but it didn’t live long. I’ve had several double silvers, which have purply red eyes, I think the reality is that they have very faint blue tint to their eyes, but it’s not strong enough to cover the red.
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They're so cute when they're little! Always sad when they don't survive ;_;

 

[FloorCandy]

They're so cute when they're little! Always sad when they don't survive ;_;

I have an adult double silver who is healthy other than blind, I also have 2 double silver chicks who have passed the worrisome time period, and who are doing great other than slow growth and being blind. I moved them in with chicks a week younger and they fit in perfectly.

I received 3 from shipped eggs, all 3 grew to adults, one male was bulgy eyed and I culled him and kept the healthy one. The hen was never really fully healthy, but I got her going pretty normally, then she cracked her beak and it kept chipping and getting worse and I had to cull her. The 2 I culled were noticeably white meat compared to normal quail, and tasted much less gamey. The ones hatched from eggs fathered by the healthy double silver roo have had no bulgy eyes, and have done well and are thriving. The most recent one has light gray Italian speckles, the rest are all white.

 

[FloorCandy]

Today I went out to take some pics for another thread, and I noticed this lovely girl, who I call Fluffy, has green eyes!

Here’s the rest of her:

 

[GreedySeedFeedy]

Today I went out to take some pics for another thread, and I noticed this lovely girl, who I call Fluffy, has green eyes!
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Here’s the rest of her:
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Gorgeous!! You got such a great pic of her eyes, too!

 

[GreedySeedFeedy]

I have an adult double silver who is healthy other than blind, I also have 2 double silver chicks who have passed the worrisome time period, and who are doing great other than slow growth and being blind. I moved them in with chicks a week younger and they fit in perfectly.

I received 3 from shipped eggs, all 3 grew to adults, one male was bulgy eyed and I culled him and kept the healthy one. The hen was never really fully healthy, but I got her going pretty normally, then she cracked her beak and it kept chipping and getting worse and I had to cull her. The 2 I culled were noticeably white meat compared to normal quail, and tasted much less gamey. The ones hatched from eggs fathered by the healthy double silver roo have had no bulgy eyes, and have done well and are thriving. The most recent one has light gray Italian speckles, the rest are all white.

Really interesting to hear about the meat!

 

[FloorCandy]

Gorgeous!! You got such a great pic of her eyes, too!

Thank you, the natural lighting was perfect for the pics. I brought her inside and asked my husband, “what color are her eyes? I’m not imagining they’re green right?”

I’m not sure who her parents are, its either the snowie celadon carrier males over my full celadon hens, or my pharaoh tux celadon roo over the snowie, pearl, and Italian celadon carrier ladies. I lost that boy last week, he hit his head and I found a bunch of possum looking poo around outside the pen, so I think he was scared, flushed repeatedly and broke his neck. I’ll cross her to the other potential father, I sold one so there’s just one possibility available, and see if I get more green eyes. If not I’ll cross her to her offspring, and try for green eyes that way. Once I have a male, I’ll cross him to everything haha.

Edit: I found a previous post about Fluffy in my snowie celadon project thread, so now I know her lineage.

 

[FloorCandy]

Just had an albino hatch, here’s a pic for the threads eye collection haha: