Finally have my flock! Can anyone help with colours?

QuailTail

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Hi everyone!
I was finally able to collect my ladies today! :wee
10 female (hopefully) laying age coturnix, who all seem very tame and chill which is a nice surprise. I have left them to their aviary to settle in for the evening but they did let me come in and take photos, some were easier to get than others.

I would love to know what colours I have - I have done the best with taking the photos while trying not to overwhelm them too soon, so I can take more another day if these don't cut the mustard.

#1 - I only got one of this lady, hopefully it's enough!
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#2
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#3
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#4
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#5 - (I'm also not sure if the darker coloured girl in the background of the second photo with the white face and chest is the same bird as #2.. either she is or I missed taking her photo)
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#6 - This poor lady is missing some feathers, hopefully the perpetrator did not come with her! I think I have three girls this colour so I will only post her and assume the others are the same.
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#7 - The front lady. Didn't get her face, so she might be #2 🤣
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#8
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Any help identifying them would be amazing! Also, if there are any obvious signs that any are actually male would love to know!
 
6 is a pharaoh. the one in the back of picture 7 looks like it might be male, its chest feathers look like they are red/orange. I would go through once they are settled and vent sex them
This website has good pictures of vent sexing
https://www.brimwoodfarm.com/articles/2018/7/5/coturnix-quail-sexing
That's a great reference, thank you! I did have my suspicions about that one, and I'm fairly certain that they were the first one to leave the cage and go investigate the space.. I would assume that's roo behavior? Tough though because of the three that look the same, I'm not sure which is which :confused:
 
That's a great reference, thank you! I did have my suspicions about that one, and I'm fairly certain that they were the first one to leave the cage and go investigate the space.. I would assume that's roo behavior? Tough though because of the three that look the same, I'm not sure which is which :confused:
I wouldn’t say that is male behaviour, my most adventurous quails have been my females. what I do with identical quails is a take a carrier and put them in it once I am done doing what ever I was doing
 
1 - looks like it is range pattern with roux, silver, and fee.

2 - rosetta

3 - italian

4 - rosetta

5 - Texas a&m

6 - this one is hard, maybe some kind of pharaoh with 1 copy of fee? It looks almost like calico, but I believe calico should have a more elliptical shape to the back stripes. I’m guess it’s probably a combo of genes.

7 - rosetta

8 - rosetta

Many of your rosettas look like they could have the sparkly gene, but it’s hard to tell because a strong influence of wild pattern on range can have a similar look.
 

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