My first hatch, one different looking quail.

[Torghn]

I'm party way through my first hatch. So far 24 Coturnix quail have hatch, 23 look almost identical and one looks like a golden. Are these a different breed or just a different color variation? I'm 50% certain it hatch from one of the few blue/white eggs I revived.

The Eggs:

The bird:

The others:

 

[Robo]

You have an English White with a dot on its head and two jumbo browns.

 

[Fat Daddy]

In 2 weeks the yellow will be white but retain the spot, the other wild colored birds may pick on it. They did mine. It then discovered it was a roo and became kinda of a a$$. It now awaits its turn on the rotisserie.... Bill

 

[shelleyd2008]

Personally I've never had problems with the whites getting picked on.

The yellow with brown spot is probably an English White, either way, it is a white bird. It's pretty much impossible to tell if a CHICK is a jumbo or a pharaoh-sized bird, that's based mostly on adult weight

 

[Torghn]

If they get a long will the white breed with the others? Since I only have one I don't really want to set up a pen just for it.

 

[JJMR794]

Quote:
YOU BETCHA

THEY ARE ALL COTURNIX, JUST DIFFERENT COLORED

 

[Attack Chicken]

What a couple of cuties

 

[joe125]

Quote:
YOU BETCHA

THEY ARE ALL COTURNIX, JUST DIFFERENT COLORED

X2

Some coturnix mature faster than others, and it is my opinion that any aggression noticed against a bird of a different color has nothing to do with it's color, simply it's sex, or a natural pecking order.

It takes an effort for me to sex whites/Rosetta coturnix, but a roo can spot a rival roo, no matter what the color. They can do this without either vent, or beer sexing.

 

[JJMR794]

Quote:
YOU BETCHA

THEY ARE ALL COTURNIX, JUST DIFFERENT COLORED

X2

Some coturnix mature faster than others, and it is my opinion that any aggression noticed against a bird of a different color has nothing to do with it's color, simply it's sex, or a natural pecking order.

It takes an effort for me to sex whites/Rosetta coturnix, but a roo can spot a rival roo, no matter what the color. They can do this without either vent, or beer sexing.

MAYBE WE ALL NEED ROO GOGGLES FOR SEXING?

 

[peepsnbunnies]

MAYBE WE ALL NEED ROO GOGGLES FOR SEXING?