With my first round of d'Anvers I blindly, but accurately, sexed my chicks at two weeks. My new four d'Anvers, from Boggy Bottoms, are officially 2 weeks old and while I have my guesses - it never hurts to have a second opinion. Off the bat I would say that of the four (two quails, one dun and a black): I have one male. For sure at least. The lack of patterning on the black throws me, and throw in skin coloration then I call it good.
Here is the quail d'Anver in question of being a cockerel:
Here he is again second from the right, next to the black:
The above photo also serves as a layout to which of the d'Anvers are males (on the right) and which are pullets (on the left). Like I said, the black is a little hard to tell, and probably the shyest, though the dun seemed to always scurry away when the camera clicked/flashed.
Best picture I got of the black d'Anver:
One more for the road:
The flash really fades it, but the male quail d'Anver in question really does have the most prominent comb. The black's is also larger than the two
females but color wise I have no clue. I also think that above picture serves as an example to back up the guesses. Notice how the d'Anver
male is getting a lot more color on his back, versus the more defined lacing of the two females. I love them anyhow!! They're MUCH more friendly than the pair of quails I have from Ideal. The box in their brooder is in fact a Corona box.. I feel it says more about me as a resourceful college student than a cheap or wasteful one, lol.
