The First Hatch of 2010 with the Albino Button (picture heavy)

[citalk2much]

The first button of 2010

its a albino

and the whole group two Golden Red Breasted and two Red Breasted with the albino

one week old with the Golden Pearl chick hatched yesterday

and I can't forget my BEI awwww there are still 3 more I am hoping make it

oh and the best TV in the house quail TV

 

[youridreezen]

wow, i have albino pekins but i did not know you could get albino quails

 

[citalk2much]

poor little thing is blind as a bat

 

[SilverPhoenix]

Wow, how unusual! Is it really blind? I hope it's able to live a happy life anyway. It's very cute!

 

[youridreezen]

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no it is NOT blind but but can't see as well as anyother quail.

regards youri.

 

[citalk2much]

It sure looks that way I can wave my fingers infront of it and it dose nothing

 

[xxSonja]

Oh Wow!
Would it be one of those Fallow (pink eye) birds you mentioned the other day? or do you think it is a true Albino?

 

[citalk2much]

That is still up in the air though I am thinkng it is a true albino I may ask my vet to look at it as he is darn good with these type of things and he would be the albino pro he has a son that is albino

and Youi I think it is truly blind

 

[xxSonja]

Hmmm... I dont know if your a serious breeder or a hobby breeder

so what will you do with a blind bird? Cull or keep as a non breeding pet?
As a breeder it would be taking up room, and feed, and you wouldnt be likely to breed it would you?
Or would you breed it as a mutation and try to get healthy non vision impaired Albinos?

Sorry just curious what other people would do? I would probably keep it as a non breeding pet if it was healthy and not suffering from lack of sight...

 

[citalk2much]

I only cull if they are suffering and this little one is doing just fine, I will not breed it and for that matter the two quails that breed it are not together anymore as I do not want this popping up again. This was the first time I had these two mated, I had a pink eye chick last year and was unsure where it came from so it may be a pink eye I have never seen them in white the one last year was a red breasted. I don't mind feed a little bird in the scheme of things it is not really that much food. I would say I am a hobby breeder as I only have a max of 10 breeding pairs per year, scale way down in the winter and build back up in the spring. I sell off the extra birds that I don't want to breed and I do it for the fun cuz it is sure not for the money lol