SMOKEY This is a variety that I
discovered in 1996. It was just a matter of time
before this unique combination appeared. Smoky=Cinnamon X Slate
combination. The birds are lighter than Slate with
a very mottled grey, usually a light colored head
and back and darker sides. It can be a double
factor or single factor and it breeds true.
BLUE FACE-CINNAMON or
BLUE FACE-FAWN CONTRASTY COMBINATION, This mixture of Fawn or
Cinnamon and blue face is again one of the best
combinations we have made. The males arecinnamon brown or
frosted fawn/silver on the back andwings with a steel
blue head, face and breast. Hens are a
cinnamon-brown or frosted fawn/silver all
over.
CINNAMON BLUE FACE GREY
FORM (AKA LAVENDER) We also have our own selection of
Cinnamon Blue Face that which is a very distinctive
form which is mostly grey with brown scaleing on each
feather. The GREY CINN. BLUE FACE hens are
exceptionally attractive. Currently these are only
available from our farm!
CINNAMON RED BREASTED
(a new
Red Breasted combination with Cinnamon) It has taken
me 2+ years to produce this combination. The females
have pale grey bars on a light cream color body, NICE!
and the males are light brown with bright rust red
breast color all underneath as well as on the sides
and back. This variety shows the most red color of any
of the Button Quail.
CINNAMON PEARL VERY COLORFUL The Cinnamon Pearl
combination brightensthe cinnamon mutation to its best.
These quail are light cinnamon- orange color
throughout. The crown is very bright, and the
body color is very bright with grey barring. I
considerthis
to be one of the most colorful new
varieties! Customers seem to prefer them
also!
RED BREASTED This color was a
spontaneous mutation which occurred and was
establishedin
our aviaries in 1987. Females are buff to tan, with bold
black barring on each feather from head to
tail resembling the pattern of barred rock
chickens. Males have the face mostlyblack with no
white markings, and the breast is completely
red from the throat to the vent. The wings
also have extensive red feathers, making the
males appear half red, half black from side
or front view. This is certainly the most
outstanding color variety we have seen. The hens
can be MORE attractive than the males.
DARTH
VADER" A selection from within
Red Breasted, Males have a blacker face and throat,
with almost now white, extra nice ones have a
completely black face, However, females have a
brighter color pattern than regular red breast
hens. The
hens are light and bright birds! Jeff Bridges of CO
coined the name Darth Vader after his own
selection of these extra dark Red Breasted
Button Quail.
SPLASHED
& PIED The Splashed color variety is new,
even for us. It represents a careful genetic
selection from within our White Buttons. The
Splashed Buttons are as you would expect a pied to
appear. They are white and colored. Most have
colored feathers scattered on upper surface. Silver
Splashed birds Splash breeding also
produces Pieds that are mostly colored with just a
few areas of white, but beautiful birds.
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