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Is this silver button quail a male or female?

Poll Results: Is the silver on male or female?

 
  • 25% (3)
    Male
  • 75% (9)
    Female
12 Total Votes  
post #1 of 27
2/3/12 at 10:13am
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I have two button quails here, which supposed to be a couple. But the silver one ( the supposed female) has a white area under her chin, but I don't know if it's common or if it's a bilb. What do you think: male or female. 

 

P.S: s/he is 40 days old

 

The Red-breasted Male and the Silver oneThe Silver one. Is it male or female?

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post #2 of 27
2/3/12 at 5:33pm

i am gonna stick with female, they are setup in the "couple" position, in the wild they sit like this so they can keep an eye out for eachother, as i have come to understand, i can't make out the colors that great, and am in no way a cbbq expert

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post #3 of 27
2/3/12 at 9:42pm

They both appear to have a "bib" under their chin, so I'd say they are both male.

 

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I have 5 random roosters, 15 random hens, and 20 chicks (at least 13 of which are pullets)

Don't all teenage girls have 40 pet chickens?!

 

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post #4 of 27
2/4/12 at 11:47am

If hard to tell with a silver but the white chin has me leaning towards it being a male.

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post #5 of 27
2/5/12 at 4:51pm
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Oh my gosh! In the poll they say female, but in the replies male. S/he sometimes kinda ''sings''. Like pee pee peeww. Only the males sing or do the females sing too?

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post #6 of 27
2/5/12 at 4:54pm
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And his/her white mark under the chin is a bit different os the male's bib. The male's bib has a dark area, splitting the bib in two parts, and the females mark is full white. Not a heavy white, it's a light white.

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post #7 of 27
2/5/12 at 7:58pm

If he is crowing then there is no doubt he is a male.  I don't raise buttons or anything, but I had a single male button for 4 years whose cage was in my bedroom (he was killed the female I got for him.  He is still alive, I just gave him to a breeder that introduced him to an established flock where he is doing well.) and he crowed almost every single night at 10PM roll.png

 

NPIP# GA-1245    My Page      My Blog     Photos Of My Chickens!

I have 5 random roosters, 15 random hens, and 20 chicks (at least 13 of which are pullets)

Don't all teenage girls have 40 pet chickens?!

 

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NPIP# GA-1245    My Page      My Blog     Photos Of My Chickens!

I have 5 random roosters, 15 random hens, and 20 chicks (at least 13 of which are pullets)

Don't all teenage girls have 40 pet chickens?!

 

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post #8 of 27
2/6/12 at 5:33am
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But a frind of mine, who's a Button Quail breeder said females crow too. What makes me confuse is the ''bib''. Because the bib uses to apear the the chick is bout 20 days(I saw a 20 days old chick, it was silver and he already had a bib). That's what makes me confuse. It is or not a bib?

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post #9 of 27
2/6/12 at 1:53pm

I'm pretty sure females don't crow, but I've been wrong before.  It really does look like a bib... the other one is 100% male, so maybe it is a female, since they seem to be getting along in that photo

 

NPIP# GA-1245    My Page      My Blog     Photos Of My Chickens!

I have 5 random roosters, 15 random hens, and 20 chicks (at least 13 of which are pullets)

Don't all teenage girls have 40 pet chickens?!

 

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NPIP# GA-1245    My Page      My Blog     Photos Of My Chickens!

I have 5 random roosters, 15 random hens, and 20 chicks (at least 13 of which are pullets)

Don't all teenage girls have 40 pet chickens?!

 

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post #10 of 27
2/6/12 at 5:02pm
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The other I'm sure it's a male too. I'm starting to think that they're a couple. When I sepair them, the sart ''peeping'', calling the other one. And they always sleep side by side, just like this photograph!

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