White chicks?

[stellas mommy]

I have quail hatching right now, they are supposed to be Corturnix. So my question is are they always going to stay white/yellow or will they change colors? This is my first batch and I'm so confused. Out of 40 so far, 6 of them are white.

 

[bfrancis]

Coturnix is a breed that has many many colors! If you don't like the white ones, send them to me

Good luck on the rest of your hatch!

 

[shelleyd2008]

Yes, Coturnix is the name of the species, they come in many different colors. You can check out quaillady's website for pictures of several of the different varieties www.stellar-gamebirds.com

 

[The Critter Place]

How exciting! Aren't they sweet! Congrats!

Are these your own eggs, or did you order eggs? If you ordered, did you order a mix of colors?
As Shelley said, check out Quaillady's site, lots of fun pics!

I've had them hatching all weekend, and got our first white this morning! I had ordered the Texas A & M which is Jumbo white.

Keep us posted and more pics!

 

[stellas mommy]

I got them from a friend who had only brown ones, so I was really confused. I had no idea they came in so many colors!

 

[joe125]

Well...all colors came from the original wild pattern brown color! They all taste the same, if that matters!

 

[Missi]

Always love to see those sweet little babies!

 

[The Critter Place]

Sounds like there was a white one in the line somewhere.
That would be quite the surprise if the person they came from only had brown.

Hope to see pics!

 

[Stellar]

Although the original color is brown, there is white in those lines

sometimes you get odd balls in a hatch a few generations later. Apparently you were the special one that hatched them out

great birds nonetheless!