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post #1 of 7
9/28/10 at 4:55pm
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I am a newbie to guineas. I am a quail lady  smile How can you tell a male from female?

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post #2 of 7
9/28/10 at 5:11pm

You wait till they are old enough to start making loud guinea noises. smile The females will make a two syllable noise that sounds like buck-wheat!

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post #3 of 7
9/28/10 at 5:37pm
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I think all of them are females then haha! they are 4 month olds and I have 5 of them

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post #4 of 7
9/28/10 at 7:01pm

also the wattles on the male are bigger than the female, yours might be too young to tell that way though
here is a male in the front and female in back

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/24037_img_5000sm.jpg


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post #5 of 7
9/28/10 at 7:22pm
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I think mine are just too young...

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post #6 of 7
9/29/10 at 2:18am

Mine are buckwheating already and they are only 10 weeks old. From what I heard, the males never make the buckwheat noise, so that's the best way to tell if they aren't full grown yet. So I've heard, anyways! smile

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post #7 of 7
9/29/10 at 11:00am
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Mine are buckwheating already and they are only 10 weeks old. From what I heard, the males never make the buckwheat noise, so that's the best way to tell if they aren't full grown yet. So I've heard, anyways! smile


Yes males  do not make  2 syllabe  noise,  but females  are capable   both,   single  sound and buckwheat   noise,  so one need to listen  to them   carefully  and not to make rush judgement as  for their sex.

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