Identifying Quail Chicks

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I found this online although I don't know about accuracy, you guys tell

https://www.deviantart.com/quirky-quails/art/Colours-705557154

Hope it helps

Thanks for sharing that

Here are some more ID coturnix threads if you're interested

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/coturnix-quail-pictures-and-color-identification.446250/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/odd-colored-coturnix-quail-chick.1146858/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chick-color.1548760/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-colors-this-one.1550985/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/unsolicited-chick-piks-😂.1548084/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-identifying-cotrnix-quail-colours.1286735/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/coturnix-quail-chicks-color.1223538/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/quail-chick-colors.674017/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/quail-chick-color-guessing-game.1291484/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-identifying-colors-in-japanese.981541/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/unique-coturnix-quail-colors.729174/

 

[CovidtimeQuail]

I've given up naming their colors. Too many variations, too many parts of the gene that change. I'm just happy when they all get along!

 

[threeepeat]

I've given up naming their colors. Too many variations, too many parts of the gene that change. I'm just happy when they all get along!

Yes it is confusing! Do you mean that coturnix genetics and mutations never get less murky than they are right now?

 

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https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/some-chick-color-examples.1442696/

The above thread is great for coturnix chick ID pics. On the other hand, it suggests that my two reds are scarlett and not rosetta. The plot thickens. Or it's just a crap shoot all around lol

 

[CovidtimeQuail]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/some-chick-color-examples.1442696/

The above thread is great for coturnix chick ID pics. On the other hand, it suggests that my two reds are scarlett and not rosetta. The plot thickens. Or it's just a crap shoot all around lol

SO, from one website, https://mainesconfettiquailfarm.com/color-breeding-101/

“Scarlett” is the common name for Rosetta (heterozygous EB) w/ Roux that is visually present. Heterozygous in hens and homozygous in roosters. If a Rosetta male only has 1 copy of Roux (which wouldn’t be visible beyond slight pigment enhancement), it would be commonly referred to as a “Roux Carrier”.

Got it?
Yeah, me neither. . .

 

[threeepeat]

SO, from one website, https://mainesconfettiquailfarm.com/color-breeding-101/

“Scarlett” is the common name for Rosetta (heterozygous EB) w/ Roux that is visually present. Heterozygous in hens and homozygous in roosters. If a Rosetta male only has 1 copy of Roux (which wouldn’t be visible beyond slight pigment enhancement), it would be commonly referred to as a “Roux Carrier”.

Got it?
Yeah, me neither. . .

Clearly I need to read up on the roux gene again for the 24th time... it's just not sinking in at all~ so both tibetan and scarlett are rosetta? Or both tibetan and rosetta are scarletts? Ahhhhh

 

[threeepeat]

Clearly I need to read up on the roux gene again for the 24th time... it's just not sinking in at all~ so both tibetan and scarlett are rosetta? Or both tibetan and rosetta are scarletts? Ahhhhh

Now I get it. Or maybe I'm getting close.

Roux dilute is a diluter gene that can be applied to either Tibetan or Rosetta (Extended Brown base birds). Which, if applied, results in a Scarlett, or a Red Range, respectively. So the question is, are my two darker chicks:

a) Rosetta (1 copy EB w/ no visible roux)
b) Tibetan (2 copies EB w/ no visible roux)
c) Scarlett (Rosetta with the roux diluter)
d) Red Range (Tibetan with the roux diluter)

Rosetta w/ Roux Dilute is known as the following:

• Scarlett

“Scarlett” is the common name for Rosetta (heterozygous EB) w/ Roux that is visually present. Heterozygous in hens and homozygous in roosters. If a Rosetta male only has 1 copy of Roux (which wouldn’t be visible beyond slight pigment enhancement), it would be commonly referred to as a “Roux Carrier”.


Tibetan w/ Roux Dilute is known as the following:

• Range (or Red Range)

“Range” is the common name for Tibetan (homozygous EB) w/ Roux that is visually present. Heterozygous in hens and homozygous in roosters. If a Tibetan male only has 1 copy of Roux (which wouldn’t be visible beyond slight pigment enhancement), it would be commonly referred to as a “Roux Carrier”.

 

[threeepeat]

Another set of coturnix chick ID pics. Has a good tibetan or range pic

https://abernathysrabbitry.com/2014/07/01/what-color-is-my-quail-chick/

 

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A pic update of these chicks @ 8 days old

 

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A pic update of these chicks @ 8 days old

It's interesting that their head colors don't change yet, so to contrast their newborn fuzz colors with their emerging feather colors, for the most part you can just compare their bodies to their heads