Boy or Girl?

[SilkieMomPoof]

Hey guys, I was wondering if there was any way to tell if my baby bobwhites are male or female?

 

[Mwilliams32931]

How old are they?

 

[SilkieMomPoof]

Some are two days, some are only half a day old.

 

[Mwilliams32931]

You can vent sex them but they are awfully young for that and it could hurt them. I think most people wait till the are older to sex them or just wait for the males to crow.

 

[SilkieMomPoof]

What does it mean to vent sex?

 

[Mwilliams32931]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/102281/coturnix-quail-basics-information-and-pictures-galore

 

[SilkieMomPoof]

Oh, I see. No, I don't really EVER want to do that. I'd get grossed out.

Thanks anyway though. I guess I'll just wait to hear them crow.

 

[Mwilliams32931]

Lol. Ya, it's now the funnest thing.

 

[TwoCrows]

You will be able to visually sex them at 12 weeks of age.