cross-breeding?

[quailer370]

if you put a tuxedo female in with a common coturnix male, would the eggs be fertile or no?

also is one significantly bigger than another?

thanks,

-quailer370

[IamTomm]

Thiers no reson they wouldn't be feritle they are the same bird just different colors. A tuxedo is a mutation of a normals courtnix.

[quailer370]

:)  thanks.  i had read somewhere on the forum a while back about infertile crosses and was wondering if it applied to this particular cross.

-quailer370

[IamTomm]

If you were to cross different species of quail you will most likely get infertile birds. But since these are the same birds you aren't crossing anything. If you breed these 2 birds together your just mixing genes.  Just wanted to straighten that out a bit.

[quailer370]

any idea what color the offspring would be?  or would they just be half common color, half tuxedo...

-quailer370

[IamTomm]

You will most liekly get some normals, browns(what i call chocolates), Tuxedos and some off colored ones.  Its hard to say exactly what you will get. I use to have about 4 or 5 colors together about 20 birds total and I got everything out of them some in various shades.

[quailer370]

oh good, variety  8)

thanks,
-quailer370