What Gender are my Coturnix Quail? *Pics*

mar013q

In the Brooder
8 Years
Jul 31, 2011
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Maryland
These are four week quail that I hatched from eggs bought at the local auction labeled "Japanese Quail". What gender are these and what type of coturnix quail are they? Thank you!









 
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I am still new to the quail game but on the browns they all look like hens. From what I was told the hens have spots on the breast as the Roos have a rusty color.
 
first 4 are wild pattern or called pharaoh and last one is english white. first 3 look to be roosters and #4 is hard to tell for sure but looks to be a hen and white one just stare at it for 2 weeks and see if it crows lol
 
1,2,3 look to be boys as I can see the rusty orange coming in through the spotting which will soon disappear as all juvis start off looking like hens they also have darker faces which signify boys, 4 is a hen going by the pale breast feathers behind the spotting and the relatively pale face and the white could go either way but I'm going to say hen!
 
Thanks Speedy2020 I was hoping they would both be female but oh well that's mother nature (and weirdly I call him boy), I won't be able to use him to breed because he has a lot of problems. The only thing I could find with his symptoms was botulism but he seems to be doing OK and he loves cuddles I just hope he isn't in pain :(
 
So I just found out the other day that the white one is a female... as I thought they were both boys I was a little shocked to find eggs in their cage and thought someone had played a prank on me!
I wonder why it has taken her nearly 5 months to lay eggs!?
I've also wasted the last 3 weeks waiting on what I thought were fertile eggs to hatch in the incubator!
Will have to make myself a candling thing today so I don't make these silly mistakes again!
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I have 4- 2.5 week old coturnix quails that have chest feathers coming in well. Three look like they may be males and I am lost on the fourth....I'm hoping I have it wrong with at least one of the first three, as I would love 1 to 2 females. Any help in identifying them would be appreciated!

bird 1
bird 2

bird 3

bird 3 againbird 4

Thanks for any help in identifying these lovely birds : )
 
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