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    Quail Breed and Gender

    Yes both males
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    Trouble sexing my coturnix quail.

    Not sure why one of the pics posted 3 times. Those are my silvers that are 8 weeks. One has some beautiful gold feathering. The 3 darker "blue" ones are the ones with bloodied heads.they are inside so they can be treated and watched.
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    Trouble sexing my coturnix quail.

    How do you sex silver by color? I think most of these are silver tebetin tuxido. 2 are lighter color the 3 darker blue ones are the ones that have the bald bloody heads. I can try to get pics when I get back home.
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    Quail Breed and Gender

    They are coturnix quail. Look to be Italian variety. They can be feather sexed. The one that is showing the breast is definitely a male. Hard to be sure on the other but my guess is female, female tend to have black head markings. If the chest has black or dark speckels then it's female.
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    Hi.

    I am new to breeding quail. I have my second hatch due next weekend. Most of them are from my original birds so getting excited to see what colors I get. Also have my first button quail do to hatch the same time. I have had Indian runner duck in the past as well as variety of chicken breeds. But...
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    Trouble sexing my coturnix quail.

    I have 5 silver and 7 Texas A&M that are 8 and 9 weeks old. I am in Houston Texas and there is plenty of day light. No one is crowing or laying eggs and I can't seem to vent sex them. Is there anything I can do to help in courage them to crow or lay? Also yesterday I found 3 of the silvers with...
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