Effect of plumage colour and breeding system on the reproductive traits of brown and black quail

This study was conducted in the farm of Department Animal Production, college Agriculture –Tikrit University for duration 19/11/2021 to 23/12/2021. The aim this effect colour plumage and breeding system on traits reproductive Japanese quail Use experiment 180 A bird age 21 Days were divided into two groups according 90 brown Black birds, each group that raised systems (batteries floor). Contain 45 is three replicates, replicate contains 15 bird, sex ratio used 2:1. results showed no significant color hatchability from total eggs, fertilized fertility rate, embryonic mortality, superiority quails over blacks weight first egg, while black outperformed ones at maturity sexual.