- Aug 17, 2013
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Hello,
I have been raising Coturnix quail for the past 2 yrs and enjoying it. I generally cull during spring/ summer however this year I let it get away from me and now I have too many birds. I do not like culling females and I am trying to avoid that. Last 2 sessions I sat outside the cage and waited for the males to crow and then banded them so I knew they were males. The problem is late season, not only do they stop laying, the males stop crowing. So now I have no idea what is what. Is there a trick to sexing or is the crow the only way to determine sex?
Ron
I have been raising Coturnix quail for the past 2 yrs and enjoying it. I generally cull during spring/ summer however this year I let it get away from me and now I have too many birds. I do not like culling females and I am trying to avoid that. Last 2 sessions I sat outside the cage and waited for the males to crow and then banded them so I knew they were males. The problem is late season, not only do they stop laying, the males stop crowing. So now I have no idea what is what. Is there a trick to sexing or is the crow the only way to determine sex?
Ron