Tag: Coturnix coturnix

The under-reported pictures show you a nice male of the European quail, born in my aviaries during the breeding season of 2020.
He is a little bit darker than most of the other breeding males I have, but we always have to keep in mind that variations exist, also in nature.
This species has indeed a very large repartition range from Europe to Asia, and already in Europe significant color differences are visible between our birds and those of Eastern Europe.
Because I don’t have enough females, he will be not paired and remain as a reservist.
It is a little bit sad this year because three other very nice-typed male birds also have no female for this new season…

I share with you a few pictures I just found back on my computer of a male of European quail acquired by my good friend, the Belgian judge of ornithology Jean-Paul DAMOISEAU, in November 2015.
This birds was one of my very first animals of this wonderful species and significantly contributed to the developing of the nice bloodlines I now have.
Already at that time, it was not very easy to find and to obtain good animals: pure and small-sized. It is certainly a blessing to have had this friend, this great connoisseur, to give me birds of his breeding which allowed me to move forward.
This male was pictured on November 02th, 2015. Enjoy!

Three young European quails (Coturnix coturnix) from breeding pair No.6.
The pictures were taken on June 6th, 2020.
We already clearly can see on the pictures the difference between the sexes by the pectoral pattern.

Young European quails (a male and a female) after the first moult. Breeding season 2020.
They are offspring of the breeding pair no.6.
Nice shaped and colored little birds.
This is exactly the ‘type’ of birds I like and that Im trying to select.