What is the difference?

[littledel]

Hey folks, I need some help. I am currently raising some bobwhite quail and some texas jumbo brown quail, and I have a friend that is giving me some eggs that he says are cortinex (sp), and some that are georgia browns. I have no idea what I am getting here. Any info and or pics of these would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Chick Charm]

Keep the new coturnix separate from your bobs. Bobs will take the cots to town if you know what I MEAN. Cots are very good layers compared to the bobs.

 

[jbobs]

Well you should be able to tell easy enough by the egg colour which ones are which - bobwhites lay white eggs and coturnix lay speckled eggs. You should be able to brood them together but I would separate them once they get bigger if you can. I have had them live together with no problems as adults, but it's risky. Best to separate.

by "texas jumbo browns" I am assuming you mean Jumbo brown coturnix? I have never heared of a jumbo brown bobwhite or a georgia brown bobwhite. Most likely they mean Jumbo Brown Coturnix and Georgia Giant bobwhites. I've never had georgia giants but I think they are the same as regular bobs just bigger. The only "brown" bobwhites I know of are Tennessee Reds. As far as the coturnix goes, when people just say "coturnix" they usually mean the standard brown ones. "Texas" is usually applied to Texas A&M coturnix, which are not brown but white. So i really don't know what you have, it sounds like someone is getting their terminaology mixed up here.

 

[littledel]

from your reply, I believe all the eggs I was given to hatch must be the jumbo coturnix, because they all are spotted, no white eggs. I also think my current quail that I was told were Texas Jumbo Browns, must be Jumbo Coturnix. I did see some the other day that the man was calling Texas A&M's, they were about 2 weeks old and white with a black spot on their heads. Thanks for the reply. It has cleared up some stuff for me.

 

[jbobs]

I sincerely hate it when people selling quail give them these fancy made-up names to make them sound like something special when they are in fact just your run of the mill bird. They shouldn't give the birds a new name unless they are a strain that they developed themselves that stands out from the rest for some reason. What's the difference between a texas brown and a georgia brown? Well, one came from texas and the other from Georgia I suppose. They should just call it what it is: a Jumbo Brown Coturnix. Way less confusion. for all i know, what he means by Georgia browns could be Range birds or Roux birds or something different, but if everyone would just stick to thesame terminology.... grr! It drives me batty.

 

[MobyQuail]