Silver/blue coturnix quail

[JOEL1994]

Ive just hatched a batch of jap quail and have around 5 blue/silver coturnix quail. Is this rare?
How will i continue to breed them this colour? I heard its a lethal gene from a wild type produced by some birds and that you need to breed them with normal wild types to produce the same colours again? Is this true? if so would i breed a blue/silver female with a male wild type or a blue/silver male with a female wild type? thanks
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picture isn't mine though looked identical as a hatchling.

 

[poultrymad]

Yes I think they are quite rare. I don't know about the lethal gene though as I only have a few Cocks that are adults.

 

[bantylover66]

Goncalo moreira, who sells eggs on eBay and can be found on facebook, has them as well as other rare colors and breeds them. He is from new Jersey and is a great guy

 

[eHuman]

Goncalo moreira, who sells eggs on eBay and can be found on facebook, has them as well as other rare colors and breeds them. He is from new Jersey and is a great guy

Goncalo Breeds 2 meat class coturnix, and is working on 2 more meat class lines. If I remember correctly he breeds about 20 colors total.

 

[Chocolate Mother Cluckers]

Ive just hatched a batch of jap quail and have around 5 blue/silver coturnix quail. Is this rare?
How will i continue to breed them this colour? I heard its a lethal gene from a wild type produced by some birds and that you need to breed them with normal wild types to produce the same colours again? Is this true? if so would i breed a blue/silver female with a male wild type or a blue/silver male with a female wild type? thanks
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picture isn't mine though looked identical as a hatchling.

I see now that this is old but I breaded my silver male with other colors and got a lot that look like silver daddy

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

I see now that this is old but I breaded my silver male with other colors and got a lot that look like silver daddy

Just don't breed silver boys with silver girls. I get a few silvers every hatch I do but as I raise mine for meat I don't keep them.

 

[Jms862]

Never breed silver to silver. I was hoping my silver was a male but nope and I dont have a normal male to put over her atm

 

[MixedBreed]

Just don't breed silver boys with silver girls. I get a few silvers every hatch I do but as I raise mine for meat I don't keep them.

Hi. Why don't you breed silver boys to silver girls?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Hi. Why don't you breed silver boys to silver girls?

It's a lethal gene. Like tufts or short legs

 

[MixedBreed]

It's a lethal gene. Like tufts or short legs

Sorry for the dumb question. Does this mean that the babies will die young or be born dead or sick? Or does lethal gene mean the silver gene itself dies off and won't continue the silver colour. Sorry I'm new to coturnix...