Recent content by Morbo the quailer

I am not experienced..but as far as I can tell the purple arrows are female.. blue arrow guy on top looks male..not sure about the bottom guy, if he crows, male..(I think that you are correct)..third picture female.

I can confirm this works..if you put a young male in with a known female then move them to a cage alone..they should crow.

I was hoping that the black dotted feathers under the neck meant that it was female..

I appreciate the knowledge..I believe that it's from a wild pattern, but I don't know because I purchased the eggs at a roadside farm..I never saw the birds or asked what they were..I hatch 4..the other male is definitely wild color.. There is pied as you said because it's on the wingtips and...

My silver is 6 weeks old..has not tried to mount a hen..runs from males..does not fight them..no eggs yet..calm temperament.. attacked by males.. I think that you have to vent sex these, but I was wondering if anyone who knows more than I do (everyone honestly..lol) can tell from looking if...

Ahh.. just noticed some foam..thank you for your help..

I have an 8 week old British range color coturnix quail..he/she doesn't produce foam when vent sexing..does not have meringue on their excrement..does not crow..does not mount the female he/she is caged with..but does not lay an egg either.. The male he is caged with pays him/her no attention...

It is super early.. but I see a grey pattern in the breast feathers..

I only had one egg today, looks like the black/brown egg.. I love collecting eggs..lol

I agree that it's early yet.. but the dots on it looks like a female to me.

I am not positive that the eggs weren't from 2 days..I checked them late at night.. but only saw the egg in the morning.. No eggs yet today, but I am trying to see if my Rosetta is female.. Thank you for your help.

I wasn't sure if they were different because they were her first eggs, or because the other hen laid it.. she is a British range and can't be feather sexed..

I had my first quail eggs laid..I found an egg when I got up this morning, and I found one this evening. I am not sure if it came from 2 different birds..both looked to have had some changes in their cloacas but I am inexperienced in knowing for sure.. Can you determine by egg patterns?

Appears as though we were all correct in our guesses.. Recently, I hatched another set of eggs that I purchased from a farm when I was out for a drive. I saw a sign that said quail eggs for sale..I asked if he had hatching eggs..he said that he usually doesn't sell them because it might cut...

I too think that the dots on the feathers may fade..but they look female to my untrained eyes.. Great story thank you for sharing.