dumb Quail Question.

[Tikkajazz94]

with coturnix quail. Whats the difference between tuxedo and white? does anybody have pictures of them? I want to know what They would kinda look like when the quail i get gets older. (Aka, I have a choice)

 

[mhwc56]

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go to today's post about ..japanese quail and white feathers..there's a pic of a young tux coturnix in that post.
Whites are just that...white or at least primarily white .while a tuxedo has white chest,fliights and white around the eyes. Neither one of these colors can be visually sexed

 

[Tikkajazz94]

Thanks

 

[mhwc56]

sure ,no problem.

 

[loopy119]

Unless you visually see them crow or lay an egg!!

 

[Tikkajazz94]

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What about the Foam vent Check?

 

[loopy119]

I was just joking around, but the "visually sexing" means they have no colored breast feathers that distinguish males from females. I have never tried to vent sex quail before. I mainly raise browns but there have been a few of my other colors that i have had to beer sex once they got old enough.

 

[shelleyd2008]

White:

Tuxedo (dark guy left of center):

More tuxedos:

This is also a tuxedo (red), though she's not marked very well:

And what loopy meant about 'visually' sexing is this--male in front (clear breast feathers), female behind (spotted breast):