Gray Texas A&M Quail

[MichelleKing]

Hi, I've been told my gray texas A&M quail has a special gene mutation that makes her gray. She's gorgeous. My question is, does anyone know exactly how rare that is and also, should I try to find a white male to breed her with? I do have one of her babies but I bred her to my only light roo (Italian colored male), and their baby is a very light bird but still spotted.

Anyone have any thoughts or advice? Thanks!

Her name is Dash and she's beautiful.

 

[CoturnixComplex]

Hi, I've been told my gray texas A&M quail has a special gene mutation that makes her gray. She's gorgeous. My question is, does anyone know exactly how rare that is and also, should I try to find a white male to breed her with? I do have one of her babies but I bred her to my only light roo (Italian colored male), and their baby is a very light bird but still spotted.

Anyone have any thoughts or advice? Thanks!

Her name is Dash and she's beautiful.

Pics, pics!

Both parents A&M?

 

[cosmosue]

Can I pleeeeaaasseee see them!!! Oh pretty please! Sounds lovely!

Maybe she is a pale silver? There are like a billion silver variations lol! There is one some people call platinum and I think I just hatched something quite similar to what you are describing. I thought it was all yellow at first - an English white or Texas AM but then after he fluffed out I can just barely make out lines on the back and he got a darker skin like greyish. I also got another definite silver in the batch and the breeder sold the mix as containing loads of these colors which I did get a big variety - quite pleased actually!

But I would LOVE to see your birds including the offspring!

 

[MichelleKing]

Can I pleeeeaaasseee see them!!! Oh pretty please! Sounds lovely!

Maybe she is a pale silver? There are like a billion silver variations lol! There is one some people call platinum and I think I just hatched something quite similar to what you are describing. I thought it was all yellow at first - an English white or Texas AM but then after he fluffed out I can just barely make out lines on the back and he got a darker skin like greyish. I also got another definite silver in the batch and the breeder sold the mix as containing loads of these colors which I did get a big variety - quite pleased actually!

But I would LOVE to see your birds including the offspring! [/QUOT


ABSOLUTELY

 

[MichelleKing]

Can I pleeeeaaasseee see them!!! Oh pretty please! Sounds lovely!

Maybe she is a pale silver? There are like a billion silver variations lol! There is one some people call platinum and I think I just hatched something quite similar to what you are describing. I thought it was all yellow at first - an English white or Texas AM but then after he fluffed out I can just barely make out lines on the back and he got a darker skin like greyish. I also got another definite silver in the batch and the breeder sold the mix as containing loads of these colors which I did get a big variety - quite pleased actually!

But I would LOVE to see your birds including the offspring!

OFFSPRING JUST HATCHED FIVE MINUTES AGO!!!! Little yellow one!

 

[MichelleKing]

Pics, pics!

Both parents A&M?

Yes of course! Both parents A&M here she is:

and.....HER BABY JUST HATCHED FIVE MINUTES AGO!!! LITTLE YELLOW ONE!

 

[Crazydoglady99]

 

[Brummie Pekin]

Yes of course! Both parents A&M here she is:
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and.....HER BABY JUST HATCHED FIVE MINUTES AGO!!! LITTLE YELLOW ONE!

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I have not a single clue about quails but they sure do look nice

 

[CoturnixComplex]

Yeah I got no flippin' idea then. She is either

A: a completely new silver mutation or a spontaneous recurrence of an existing one

B: a recessive silver, which are pretty rare but they are around. If both parents carried one gene it could show up.

I would breed her and see what you get. If you get silver babies in the first generation, it's a spontaneous dominant silver mutation, if you get them in the second generation after breeding her sons back to her she is a recessive silver.