Japanese Coturnix Quail Color Varieties!!!!

[Kylesquails]

White crossed with tibetian will get tuxes,not sure about silver i bought my roo,i have some chick due friday from him. fingers crossed i get silvers

 

[WaterfowlWierdo]

Ok great! I was hoping someone would say how to get tuxedos.
How did the silver occur anyway???

 

[Kylesquails]

i was looking for one for ages,i was buying some new stock from a breeder and he had a silver,he said it was a hen but it is a roo. someone else might have info on how to breed for them

 

[WaterfowlWierdo]

I will be thrilled if I come across one, Do you know what would occur when crossing an Italian with a Tibetan???

 

[Kylesquails]

Italian is dominate so you will get mostly gold

 

[ltaylor8691]

Good information, the pix are very helpful I want to stay away from line breeders for color as well as strains with low viability and lethal genes, is there a breeder you can recommend? I am looking for a breeder line with excellent layers and meaty birds. I will be tracking my breeder flock for egg production and feed/egg conversion and my meat flock for feed/meat conversion and bone/meat ratio. It would be nice to find some like minded breeders. Thanks

 

[WaterfowlWierdo]

Good information, the pix are very helpful I want to stay away from line breeders for color as well as strains with low viability and lethal genes, is there a breeder you can recommend? I am looking for a breeder line with excellent layers and meaty birds. I will be tracking my breeder flock for egg production and feed/egg conversion and my meat flock for feed/meat conversion and bone/meat ratio. It would be nice to find some like minded breeders. Thanks

James Marie Farms is supposed to be a really good place...I dont have any personal experience with them though

 

[WOJO]

I am new to raising quail and was wondering what type of quail this dark brown one is. Can anyone tell me, he/she is the only one like this out off the eggs that hatched?

 

[WaterfowlWierdo]

I am new to raising quail and was wondering what type of quail this dark brown one is. Can anyone tell me, he/she is the only one like this out off the eggs that hatched?

If it is really dark once it dries out ....its probably a Tibetan, if it is really dark with e white face/front its a tuxedo, if it is somewhat dark colored and its first feathers appear to have tiny stripes, its probably a rosetta

 

[WOJO]

Thank you, I did not realize there were so may different color of coturnix quail.