Not realy a mutation
Posted: 28 Dec 2010, 12:30
These photos were taken 18 months ago, the quail in question is aprox two and a half years old.
What sex would you say this bird is?
LML
What sex would you say this bird is?
LML
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Not realy a mutation
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Re: Not realy a mutation
Posted: 28 Dec 2010, 12:52
I'd call it a cock bird
Re: Not realy a mutation
Posted: 28 Dec 2010, 12:59
Me too.
Re: Not realy a mutation
Posted: 28 Dec 2010, 20:09
dito - cock bird to be sure!
Re: Not realy a mutation
Posted: 29 Dec 2010, 13:24
yep the bib and the blue tells me cock bird
Re: Not realy a mutation
Posted: 29 Dec 2010, 13:32
From the advantage of observing the bird for 2 1/2 years now.
When it first coloured like this and had a full bib and NO CHESTNUT FEATHERS and grey on the front, I thought. Ahh a mutation.
Mum was a nomral cinnamon and Dad a silver split cinnamon.
Then next moult when it came out ALL cinnamon.
And regular changes of feather colour, it is the only quail I have bothered to ring because of the Oddball feathering changes.
Now with that extra info would you like a 2nd guess before I tell all?
LML
When it first coloured like this and had a full bib and NO CHESTNUT FEATHERS and grey on the front, I thought. Ahh a mutation.
Mum was a nomral cinnamon and Dad a silver split cinnamon.
Then next moult when it came out ALL cinnamon.
And regular changes of feather colour, it is the only quail I have bothered to ring because of the Oddball feathering changes.
Now with that extra info would you like a 2nd guess before I tell all?
LML
Re: Not realy a mutation
Posted: 29 Dec 2010, 13:45
Yep Cockbird 
Pretty too!
Pretty too!Re: Not realy a mutation
Posted: 29 Dec 2010, 14:44
Maybe it carries the Rainbow flag? 
Still say cock bird.
Still say cock bird.
Re: Not realy a mutation
Posted: 29 Dec 2010, 14:54
my vote is both!! hermaphrodite quail?
Re: Not realy a mutation
Posted: 29 Dec 2010, 18:27
Odd looking bird for sure.above the neck looks hen,Below the neck to belly cock,below that hen.I wonder what a dna sample would read.