Buttons eyes -- gender by color??

[CatJane0x0]

I have noticed that my lady buttons have such dark eyes...all of them. But my boys all have either somewhat lighter brown or blue-grey irises. I can always see the pupil somewhat easily without bright lighting. So I'm asking fellow quail keepers -- can you tell a button's gender by eye color?

 

[Stellar]

Not really. The white Buttons have really dark eyes for both genders, a glass black eye color. Blue Faces, brown eyes....etc, I once wondered if gender could be shown by eye color until I accidentally put two males together and the next day there was only one standing

That failed that theory.

 

[CatJane0x0]

Lol -- gosh. Yeah, it is hard to know sometimes. I have trouble with the blue faces as well. I am getting better with the hip spacing and butt feathers. Quite a few of my male blues refuse to show any red feathering.

I still am yet to get any ladies with blue-grey eyes.

 

[shelleyd2008]

Blue faces are easy, the males get a blue head and breast and the females don't

http://www.zebrafinch.com/newbuttonquail/Blueface.html
http://www.zebrafinch.com/newbuttonquail/Quail Pictures/BLUEFACE.JPG

 

[mhwc56]

sure wish the pictures on the zebrafinch site were clearer!

 

[CatJane0x0]

I guess that is easy, lol -- never noticed only boys had them.

I have a lot to learn yet.

Yeah, Zebrafinch's site is awesome, but more better pics!
I like the chick ID page a lot.