Japanese Coturnix Curly quail discussion thread

[mixedUPturk]

Hey there! Ive had one of these buggars pop up in my most recent hatch and im super excited. I think there are a few others out there on the forum lets chat about them!

My current

almost like a frizzled chicken

This happened in one other hatch a couple of years ago heres the thread i started on it way back then, its short.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/poorly-feathered-quail-chick.1071340/

And a screenshot of the quailie i was talking about at that time:

Sadly it didn't ever really thrive and had to be culled at only about 6 wks old.

Have you got this mutation? Want to know where to find some? Noticed anything unusual about breeding it or any particularly interesting combinations with other mutations? Have pictures to share? Join in!

 

[mixedUPturk]

@CoturnixComplex finally

 

[preciouseureka]

trying so hard not to be jealous! Thou shalt not covet thy online neighbors quail......ugh....sinning over here.....

 

[mixedUPturk]

trying so hard not to be jealous! Thou shalt not covet thy online neighbors quail......ugh....sinning over here.....

next yr ima tryn add the AI certification(then i could sell to youl this year i just couldnt spend another 135$ on birds after my gnat fiasco(42 losses! )

 

[FortCluck]

next yr ima tryn add the AI certification(then i could sell to youl this year i just couldnt spend another 135$ on birds after my gnat fiasco(42 losses! )

When you get the certification let me know! I'll wait to get quail until then

 

[mixedUPturk]

When you get the certification let me know! I'll wait to get quail until then

Awe how cool! And kind! ill def make sure your among the first to know! i should have alot of new cages soon to build on color sets that breed true and next season its really gonna be fun!

 

[FortCluck]

Awe how cool! And kind! ill def make sure your among the first to know! i should have alot of new cages soon to build on color sets that breed true and next season its really gonna be fun!

Can't wait! I need time anyways to build an aviary for outside for them! I have the perfect area for it too

 

[CoturnixComplex]

Oh, this study should be here:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC555543/

The secondary fascinating implication for this gene, other than cool appearance, is that they did find some evidence that it could actually have a sort of un-restricting effect on fancy-colored quail size/growth rates, which are normally depressed in basically 100% of fancy lines just as a by-product of the genes themselves.

 

[CoturnixComplex]

Mine's always been pretty faint and was mostly visible in the phase slightly before this, but you can kind of see her mild weird little back feathers here as a teen (top), in addition to the size difference between her and her next-largest same-colored sibling.

I wish I'd gotten a close up picture of her wings around the same time; they were weirdly curly too and would've been easier to see in a pic. Oh well.

At the time I was like "is it defective?! Should I eat it?!". I'm glad I didn't. Her curls mostly straightened out with age but she's still a BEAST of a hen.

 

[mixedUPturk]

thank you CC!

I need to go take pics of that new one again now that uve reminded me.