Mixing Quail Breeds

[Sarah1728]

What color egg and type bird will you hatch if you mix a coturnix and a celadon? I have coturnix quail now and thinking of adding celadon to our flock but wasn't sure what we would get if they mix breed.

 

[CoturnixComplex]

Unfortunately, the celadon gene is recessive, so they need to have a copy from both parents to lay blue eggs. Doesn't mean you can't mix strains, but it'll take a generation or two to get the blue color back reliably

P.S. they're all japanese coturnix quail, celadon (blue) egg layers are just a special mutation

 

[Sarah1728]

Thank you, I did find that in Google after I posted here lol