What did I hatch? Coturnix Genetics Questions.

[chrishel]

1. I think is a red range.

It's like I have darks, reds, and whites. No browns. Darks and reds come in various tux patterns.

The whites all have spots on their heads, but unless they have spots also on their bodies, it's hard to tell what pattern they are. What I mean about the white in the picture is that rather than the normal brown wild-type pattern, this one has a range pattern (dark range). There's some striping, but it goes across the feathers rather than along the length like the wild type pattern. I don't know if it's significant or unusual or not, I just thought I'd mention it.

Tamale has a wild type pattern on his tail. I'm guessing that to have a white chick, he would have to be the father and one of the other EWs the mother. So, perhaps, one of the females also has a range pattern to her spots? Again, since they just have spots on their heads, it's hard to determine what pattern they are.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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In the photo shown you have a red (back right), 3 normal brown colored (your ? birds), a cinnamon (she calls them roux), a dark tibetan (range), and a gold. None of them are tuxedos by the way.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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thats what they look like to me, the Roux you can tell b/c of the lighter red/brown wild color, their eyes should give off a red glare as well, almost like albino.

as far as your whites, most of them, as you say, have some sort of spot on them. and yes quaillady is working on a golden tuxedo with a full golden back and white underbelly, i don't believe she has gotten EXACTLY what she wanted, but it is in the works.

#1 is a red range, not a roux/cinnamon. The others are correct.

ETA: #3 and #7 are boys

 

[chrishel]

Thank you, everyone!

The tuxes and boring patterns (red range tuxes, dark range tuxes, and most of the EWs) are in the other brooder...haha! I divided them into groups by "interesting" and "boring". I did note that these are starting to show some breast coloring.

I think want to keep #7 from the frying pan for a breeder, but I don't know how I'm going to swing that. A male going to be hard to hide from by husband. Need more cages!

What would happen if I crossed the #7 and #6?

Maybe I will keep a pen of #7, and (2) #6 hens and (2) EW hens to see what happens. Or #1, #6, and an EW.

I'm having so much fun playing God with coturnix colors!

 

[TheRealTimShady]

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i'd definitly keep the italian, crossing it with a roux probably won't turn out as you think, at least not right away, would take a couple generations to mix

probably would just get some roux, some italian, and maybe like...slight mixes

 

[shelleyd2008]

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i'd definitly keep the italian, crossing it with a roux probably won't turn out as you think, at least not right away, would take a couple generations to mix

probably would just get some roux, some italian, and maybe like...slight mixes

Probably would get some of the 'auburns', they look like golds but are 'lighter', the same way a cinnamon looks like a lighter version of brown.