Name my quail :)

SilkieRose · Jun 15, 2013

Hi all!! Just wanted to show some pics of my Coturnix quail

I'm still confused about their coloring/variety... help, please.

They are all Jumbo, but are they Wild Colored, Brown or Pharaoh? English White or Texas A&M & Golden or Golden Manchurian? Thanks!!!

James the Bald · Jun 15, 2013

The top photo, I would name "Grilled"; the white one in the second photo I'd name "Saute'd with onion, peppers & Onion"....

Weirdness555 · Jun 15, 2013

James the Bald said:
The top photo, I would name "Grilled"; the white one in the second photo I'd name "Saute'd with onion, peppers & Onion"....

Nicely put XD I would kind of like to breed and kill out for food, I don't think my mum would let me though. Also, I'm not sure I could kill them properly, I wouldn't want to try and get it wrong and really hurt the bird.

bonnie in indiana · Jun 15, 2013

To kill: take a pair of sizzors (from the Dollar store) and cut their head off while holding the body tightly over a pan so the blood drains drains out. Immediately look away cause everything keeps moving for a few moments.

Weirdness555 · Jun 15, 2013

I know the theory, but I wouldn't have the confidence in myself to do it right. Knowing my luck I wouldn't cut hard enough or something and leave the poor thing half dead and in loads of pain. I'm hopefully starting a veterinary medicine degree next year, I figure I'll learn to wring necks at some point.

SilkieRose · Jun 15, 2013

So,,,, will anybody answer what they are BEFORE they are dinner?? Please?

SavageChick · Jun 15, 2013

Hopefully, this link may help you identify what color varieties you have...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/565880/japanese-coturnix-quail-color-varieties

I'm kind of laughing at the previous responses entailing scissors, neck-wringing, decapitating, sauteing, blood-draining, and butchering methods...and here you were simply asking what variety they were.

Weirdness555 · Jun 15, 2013

Haha, sorry about that XD

We got distracted. I think Pharaoh and wild type are the same, other than that I don't know enough about the different colours enough to tell you, but as far as I know A&Ms were developed from English whites anyway.

SilkieRose · Jun 15, 2013

Thanks for the help.

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