how can you tell a cotounix baby quail from a bobwithe ? please help

[jm93030]

Hello guys

As some of you now I hatched some georgia giants over the weekend , and also I hatched some cotournix quails

I put them in a #0534 gqf brooder diveded with a thick piece of foam .

Now my problem is that some of the bobs got mix with th cotournix

and I will need to split the cotournix with a friend ( he paid for the eggs)


how can I tell the diference between the two breeds


thank you

 

[BobwhiteQuailLover]

Here is a bobwhite:

I don't have a coturnix tho..

 

[Robo]

What kind of coturnix?

 

[Sumatra503]

A Bob has a slightly shorter beak than a Coturnix.

 

[jm93030]

The cotournix that I hatched are the normal color

I belive is called brown

 

[Robo]

Okay, the coturnix will be a tad bigger. Plus the coturnix will have feathers popping out in about 5 days. Here is a Jumbo Brown coturnix, just compare to this:

 

[jm93030]

Thank you guys

comparing both pictures i can see some diferences

I will watch closely when giving his part to my friend

 

[Robo]

Quote:
This won't help him too much because those are not the same color...

 

[deerman]

Look at the top beak , bobs will be larger, all mixed together should be easy to tell apart,

 

[pascopol]

I would say the easiest way to tell is to take notice that newborn coturnix is close to twice the size of a newborn Bob.

Newborn Bobs look more like Florida roaches to me sizewise.

If you never seen Florida cockroach Bobwhites are about size and shape of a Bumblebee.