Monkau
In the Brooder
Some of you may have seen my post on a Facebook quail group about this little surprise, but for those who haven't seen or may have some ideas, any input is greatly appreciated.
I hatched my first lot of eggs from my quails on a bit of a whim.
I really like the form and temperament of my birds and I have had trouble finding other birds I liked. I was also considering selling fertile eggs and figured this way I'd get more birds and see what my fertility rates were before I gave them to anyone.
Turned out the fertility is excellent - only 3 of 25 were infertile.
In the hatch was one little bub who really stood out from the crowd.
At first I thought i was seeing things, but when I moved the chicks from the incubator to the brooder, sure enough there was a little red eyed bub peeping away.
Once fully dry and fluffy this little one showed its true colours and it became clear I'm not dealing with straight up albinism.
We had a little bumpy patch at 2 days and nearly lost it. I was determined to keep this bird alive so I had to take it to work with me and make sure it ate and drank and stayed warm.
A week on and we have feathers coming in. Its living in a brooder with 2 other slow growers because the others are all much larger and are literally walking all over them.
I'm still not sure what exactly to call this colour but my daughter named the bird Albie.
I have had all kinds of colours listed off for what it could be but I'm still leaning to incomplete albino. I just cant find any pictures of birds similar.
Here is Albie today.
I hope very much we can get Albie to adulthood.
If anyone has had or knows of any incomplete albinos, please let me know.
I hatched my first lot of eggs from my quails on a bit of a whim.
I really like the form and temperament of my birds and I have had trouble finding other birds I liked. I was also considering selling fertile eggs and figured this way I'd get more birds and see what my fertility rates were before I gave them to anyone.
Turned out the fertility is excellent - only 3 of 25 were infertile.
In the hatch was one little bub who really stood out from the crowd.
At first I thought i was seeing things, but when I moved the chicks from the incubator to the brooder, sure enough there was a little red eyed bub peeping away.
Once fully dry and fluffy this little one showed its true colours and it became clear I'm not dealing with straight up albinism.
We had a little bumpy patch at 2 days and nearly lost it. I was determined to keep this bird alive so I had to take it to work with me and make sure it ate and drank and stayed warm.
A week on and we have feathers coming in. Its living in a brooder with 2 other slow growers because the others are all much larger and are literally walking all over them.
I'm still not sure what exactly to call this colour but my daughter named the bird Albie.
I have had all kinds of colours listed off for what it could be but I'm still leaning to incomplete albino. I just cant find any pictures of birds similar.
Here is Albie today.
I hope very much we can get Albie to adulthood.
If anyone has had or knows of any incomplete albinos, please let me know.