Silver Button Quail
A variety of the Button Quail
Quail · Speckled cream eggs · Ornamental
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About the Silver Button Quail
Silver is a recessive dilution that lightens the bird to soft pastel greys, with the black pigment softened to pale blue-grey and the wild markings muted; it is among the oldest and most common mutations, having arisen as a natural mutation in the UK in the 1940s. Two silvers breed 100% silver, but the gene can sit hidden in carrier lines. It otherwise keeps the breed's tiny size and gentle, easy aviary temperament.
At a glance
- Egg colour
- Speckled cream
- Eggs per year
- About 200
- Purpose
- Ornamental
- Sizes
- Standard
- Incubation
- 16 days
- Broodiness
- Low
- Cold hardiness
- Moderate
- Purity
- Pure
- Auto-sexing
- Yes
- Origin
- South-east Asia / Australasia
- Scientific name
- Excalfactoria chinensis