Button quail sex / color ID

[Alien_she]

Hello friends!

Anyone able to help with sex & color ID of my button quail? 5 weeks old, been trying to ID them by reading other posts and comparing pics but I really have no idea, no prior experience. These are my best guesses but second opinions are greatly appreciated.

1. Normal wild type or blue breasted female?
2. Red breasted female, or maybe winged pied?
3. Can definitively tell that he is a male, cute little red feathers on his butt (absent in the other 2.) Also pretty blue on the chest. Wild or maybe golden pearl?

Also is normal type and blue breasted the same thing?
Not super concerned with color ID but more with sex so I can be sure I don't have more than the 1 male.

Thank you!

 

[DotToDot]

This has been in the Unanswered threads section for a while, so I’m assuming they grew up a little. Could you post another, newer picture?

 

[Nabiki]

#1 is female, #3 is male. #2 is not feather sexable. I'm not very good with colour identification in buttons, though.

 

[Alien_she]

Thank you! They'll be 8wks this Friday so I should start seeing some eggs and find out about #2.
So upset right now though because my little #1, Riker, hit her head today flying around my house and got a cut . I cleaned it with some hydrogen peroxide on a q-tip, put on a few layers of liquid bandaid and a tiny adhesive bandaid for some padding. Not completely sure how safe liquid bandaid are for animals but it was best I could do... she seems to be acting okay but I'm still so upset . Last week she did something similar where she flew headfirst into my living room wall. I hadn't even thought they could fly like that!

 

[sleepycat]

1 looks like a wild type hen, 2 looks like a red breasted hen but could be a roo if it has red and blue vent feathers and 3 looks like a roo but idk what color it is

 

[Chellesama]

I would have to flip #2 over to tell, but oh my gosh, what a gorgeous little thing!

 

[Alien_she]

I would have to flip #2 over to tell, but oh my gosh, what a gorgeous little thing!

I flipped #2 over for a look at vent today, no idea what I'm looking at but no red or blue anywhere. Couldn't get a good pic of vent b/c I had to push feathers aside to even see, need more hands. Going to try to get a pic later when I can get some help

 

[Chellesama]

When you get a second pair of hands, press down around the vent - if it's a boy, you'll both be traumatized for life, but you'll know. My twin and I had to sex a pair of white chicks recently and used a known male to be sure of what we were looking for. She still apologizes to Mr. Hyde.

This reminds me of a baby shower. Put me down for a 'hen' guess!

 

[Alien_she]

Maybe not the best photo I could have gotten sorry. ??

 

[Alien_she]

Updated photos of all 3 (order #3, #1 & #2)