"Bantam" Coturnix Quail?

[Chris102]

Does anyone have these? James Marie Farms offers "bantam" Coturnix Quail. Is anyone familiar with this variety? Ive contacted James but have never heard back. I'm wanting to order some just out of pure curiosity. An internet search didn't turn up any info on them. I'm wanting to know if the "bantam" variety is an actual mutation that causes the small size, or if they have been selectively bred down in size. Curious about average weight for the variety as well.

 

[hooliganbros]

I'm new to this. But....would that not be a "button" quail? Is a button quail coturnix?

 

[hooliganbros]

Or wait ....Are they talking about a bantam Jumbo Brown Coturnix?

 

[Chris102]

No they aren't Button Quail...totally different species. They're bantam Coturnix/Japanese Quail.

 

[ahuff]

I just seen these birds they look cool if like to get a few to just to see how they are

 

[gjfarm]

I hatched some eggs from a person who may have gotten their eggs from James Marie Farm. At three weeks, the little 'girl' is about 1/3 - 1/4 the size of the other quail. She is the normal wild color. At first I thought something was wrong with the tiny bird, but looks perfectly normal, eats, drinks, feathering just fine. Holding her own with the others.

 

[BlockDogRq]

Does anyone have these? James Marie Farms offers "bantam" Coturnix Quail. Is anyone familiar with this variety? Ive contacted James but have never heard back. I'm wanting to order some just out of pure curiosity. An internet search didn't turn up any info on them. I'm wanting to know if the "bantam" variety is an actual mutation that causes the small size, or if they have been selectively bred down in size. Curious about average weight for the variety as well.

There is a video on the Coturnix Corner channel called Coturnix Colors & Identification - with Martin Yardley. I heard there was talk about bantams there

 

[Susan Skylark]

Another ghost post! Circa 2015/2016! Everything lives forever on the internet!

 

[BlockDogRq]

Another ghost post! Circa 2015/2016! Everything lives forever on the internet!

I wrote it because maybe he couldn't find the answer to his question. Who knows, maybe he's not alive. But it still feels good to write. No one may have seen this post for years, but others use these sites to learn about these topics. Maybe it will be useful for other people and by the way, everything really lives on the internet. Some sites have people responding to comments from 2004-2005 in 2020.

 

[Susan Skylark]

I’m not criticizing just amused! And yes, these old posts are incredibly valuable for anyone with a similar issue and any new or updated info is always appropriate. I can’t tell you how many I perused getting started in quail (still don’t have a clue!).