I've got Buttons!

[Stellar]

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What markings are specific to that type? I've been trying to learn all the different colour types for Button and Coturnix quail

One indicator is the nostril area. If there is white on the male around that area, there is pearl in the genes. Also strawing on the back.

Females look like the wilds but with more pearling on them.

The pearl mutation is very dominant so can take over rapidly like the plague.

 

[awesomefowl]

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The cage I borrowed until I build my own IS a hamster (or gerbil) cage. I believe the bars are 1/2", which keeps them in fine. I wouldn't go much larger though. If you were going to use a cage with larger (2"+) bars, I'd make a covering out of window screen (Mrs. Fluffy Puffy has cage like that on her BYC page, I think) or hardware cloth, at least around the bottom. (The person I got the quail from pulls out their primary flight feathers so they can't hop up and bash themselves against the top of the cage).
The cage also has branches inside it so the quails have a place to hide.
I'll post some photos once I build my cage. Pyramus and Thisbe have calmed down (somewhat) since last night. But I may move the cage into my room so they can have more quiet.

good luck with that. Your going to love it when they settle in and the male decides to crow at 3 o'clock in the morning. lol
My blue breasted pair is in an aquarium in my room, and (i don't mind but...) my pair likes to make noise in the middle of the night.

We're used to it. At one point, I had 2 roosters in the kitchen (separated of course), a Serama and a Silkie, and that was pretty funny, especially as the Serama rooster sounded like a squeaky rubber ducky!

 

[xchairity_casex]

aww they are very pretty congratz! youll deff fall in love with these birds!