Please help, I bought 3 Texas a&m coturnix, got home and I think that they are white bobwhites!!!

[7L Farm]

These are Bob Whites

 

[Justinaez]

There is very little information about these white bob whites on the Internet. I did my research already.I just thought to get more info from the people that also have white bobwhites and know more then the Internet could provide me.

 

[GalloSiSupieras]

"They will kill your cots" means... they will kill your cots. Bobwhites are far less domesticated, and have different aggression levels and space requirements that coturnixes.

Look at their beaks. If they're significantly different from what you've got then separate them --even just into a spare plastic storage bin for the night-- until you can post photos. Worst case scenario: enjoy roasted quail for dinner tomorrow night.

Bobwhites look like this: (short stout beaks)


Coturnixes look like this: (longer, pointier beaks)
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hpho...71318104217_1279063160_31671405_3127707_n.jpg
photo courtesy of kimandrich on byc

 

[Justinaez]

 

[Justinaez]

 

[Justinaez]

 

[Justinaez]

So here are the quails, where I bought them from they were together with the regular coturnixes and they lied to me that the white ones are coturnixes as well. Thats why I bought these birds first of all... Can I keep them together if they seem friendly ? I really want to know how to tell the difference between the females and the males of the white ones ...

 

[maineman]

it's a little hard looking threw the wire but them look like Texas a and ms to me not white bobs

 

[BlanchardOK]

Those look just like a&ms

 

[Justinaez]

They don't have any black feathers on their head or back. They are completely white. They are making completely different sounds then coturnix quails. They are not submissive and they all escaped today, and It was super hard to catch the white ones