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post #1 of 10
8/9/12 at 7:31pm
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I am new to quail and I am wondering what I have I dont know how to tell males from females please help

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I have 2 that look like this

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I have 1 like this I bought them young so the guy I got them from couldnt tell me what they where thanks for your help

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post #2 of 10
8/9/12 at 7:46pm
Hi
They are king quails and the top one is a female and the bottom a male. I hope this helps smile.png
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post #3 of 10
8/9/12 at 7:49pm
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Hi
They are king quails and the top one is a female and the bottom a male. I hope this helps smile.png

Thanks that helps a lot I was told that they were cornix quail

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post #4 of 10
8/9/12 at 11:40pm

They are coturnix quail.  The top one is a female Pharaoh (normal brown markings) and the bottom is a Tibetan (dark brown color).  You cannot sex the Tibetan by its feathers.  You must vent sex or wait to see if it crows or lays an egg.

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Living in Las Vegas, NV with my two grown sons, 4 chihuahuas, a desert tortoise, 13 Coturnix and 10 Chinese Blue-Breasted (Button) Quail

Blogging Quail - My little blog of pictures of my quail

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post #5 of 10
8/10/12 at 6:59am
They are coturnix. "king" quail is a term used mostly for buttons or cbbq, which these are not... I think it's a Australia thing. Good luck with your birds. Bill

 

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An Indian says you search in vain for what you cannot find. He says you've found a thousand ways of runnin' down your time. An Indian didn't scream it; he said it in a song. And he's never been know to be wrong..   Jeremiah Johnson

 

Butler Bobs, Chukar, Albino Chukar, Blue slate turkey, Black Copper Marans, Buff Orpingtons, LF Gold Laced Cochins, Gambel's Quail, Blue scale Quail, New...

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post #6 of 10
8/10/12 at 11:45am
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ok thanks I heard it crow this after noon so now I know for sure its a male

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post #7 of 10
8/10/12 at 3:00pm
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They are coturnix. "king" quail is a term used mostly for buttons or cbbq, which these are not... I think it's a Australia thing. Good luck with your birds. Bill

In Aus and that is what we call those type of quails smile.png
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post #8 of 10
8/13/12 at 12:24pm
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before I left for work (where I am now) I went and checked on my quail and I found my first egg

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post #9 of 10
8/13/12 at 9:41pm
Well that just confirms that one is a girl and one a boy! smile.png
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post #10 of 10
8/13/12 at 9:41pm
Well that just confirms that one is a girl and one a boy! smile.png
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