Texas A&M Sexing???

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I have read on here that all you have to do is pick them up and look at the area behing the bung hole and if it is swelled up then you have yourself a roo. Well they are 4.5 weeks old now and I cannot tell any difference. Is there anything else that I can look at to tell. Is there any facial features or anything that would be different.
 
I use three things as a guide when sexing white quail.
1) If it crows its usually a roo.
2) If it lays a egg its a hen.
3) The one on top is generally a roo.

And even these sometimes are'nt 100%!!

I always felt dirty after look'n up a birds skirt, so I quit that! Good luck, Bill
 
I'm not that dumb. I guess I took you wrong. It is just hard to see who crows and to see who would lay when you have a pen of 50.

Just saying. That's why I asked for visual cues
 
Gotta wait till they are mature. Once you hear crows you can squeeze foam out of males (but some just aren't producing yet) and I found that there's always a submissive male who isn't foaming. Once you start seeing eggs the female's cloaca is generally wider and their bellies are fatter. Like you can feel a layer of fat on them that the roos don't have.

Kinda takes practice, I didn't get a real good feel for it until I had to slaughter a bunch of both sexes.
 
ClintDowns said:
I'm not that dumb. I guess I took you wrong. It is just hard to see who crows and to see who would lay when you have a pen of 50.
Just saying. That's why I asked for visual cues
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No body took a shot at your IQ. It was a joke. But if ya got to explain it I guess it ain't.

All thou offered in jest, the point holds true. There are no dependable physical markers to determine sex. Other than vent sexing. Even finding foam in a vent is not dependable with breeding birds. If a hen has resently been mounted, she will have foam in her vent... So if you can't vent sex, refer to earlier statement.... Good luck.
 
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How to Vent Sex Coturnix

When I am trying to figure out what is what at that age, I start removing the ones I know are males to another cage. You can sit by the cage in the evening and watch to see who crows. Have a beer or a glass of tea. After a few days of this, there should be no crowing in the female cage. When the sexes are separated you can pick your breeders according to your standards.
 
I tried vent sexing at 3-4-5 weeks without success, 6 weeks it was pretty obvious but I made 3 mistakes (of 20+) at 7 weeks it was no prob :)

Good luck!
 
I have two young Texas am quail first time I have kept this type, one is a boy as I saw him try to mount one of my hens, incidentally he has Italian markings in the white feathers and on his head he has red patches, male Italian have solid red heads where as females are pale sandy yellow so this may be a pointer, can you post pics of your birds? my other am I'm not sure about this one has patches of wild type feathers on head and back and you need to go by the chest feathers on this type.
 
I have heard from some "old timers" that the best way to sex them prior to 6-8 weeks of age is the eggs. The point on the egg gives it away from what I hear. I think a blunt point is a female while the pointy eggs will be male.... and the ones in between can go either way. Not sure how accurate this is.

I have had some birds go as long as 10 weeks before they could be sexed by the vent. A crazy bird lady once told me she could tell by mashing their bits out or something but I didn't want to hang around long enough to see that.
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She seemed pretty sure though. We just have a drink an relax and watch for the signs like Peacerose said above. When I see one crow I grab him and put one of those real small zip ties on his leg (loosely). I don't have the room to separate but that would be easier. One I know I have em figured out I throw them all in a tote. Then I figure out which ones I wanna keep and the rest join me for dinner..........BUHAHAahaHaHAHAahAhaaaaaaaa!
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