What quail colors do i have?

[Bird nut 2000]

Think this is a calico but not sure.

What do you guys think?

 

[BESSIE THE QUAIL]

@KaLe dA QuAiL any ideas?

 

[BESSIE THE QUAIL]

cute bird!

 

[Kale the Quail]

@KaLe dA QuAiL any ideas?

looks like a calico. @muddy75 ?

 

[Severne]

I think calico too. I’ve only had the pleasure of one, but it looked like that.

 

[Bird nut 2000]

Thanks you all

 

[Bird nut 2000]

Are calicos sexable? And is this too a calico

 

[Nabiki]

I'm not sure what colour that is, but it's not feather sexable. I'm guessing a snowy?

 

[Fenrisulfr]

I would say it is a light silver (homozygotic). They are rare, as homozygotic silvers still have a leathal factor, causing most pure silver dying before hatch.

But some live, against all odds... maybe there is a gene neutralizing the lethal factor in special constallations. I am still learing.

 

[Nabiki]

I would say it is a light silver (homozygotic). They are rare, as homozygotic silvers still have a leathal factor, causing most pure silver dying before hatch.

But some live, against all odds... maybe there is a gene neutralizing the lethal factor in special constallations. I am still learing.

Thank you! I have a very white/silver boy that I put into my breeding pen a couple months ago and I suspect that he's the cause of the increased non viable mutations that I've been getting, and this makes my suspicion even more likely. I have a batch of eggs from my SSC pen and a batch from my mixed pen (set a few days later) in the incubator to see for certain which group is giving me problems.