Female 4 week old Craigslist bought quails?!

[muddy75]

I’m located in st.louis, Missouri. Thanks very much for responding! This seller chose the quails using 1 minute.

my advice would be to watch them over next few weeks and see if any crow or lay without any aggressive behaviors and either find a different seller in your area that will let you pick your own with help or order hens from myshire farms. I personally would grow out and process any extra males from this batch. I’m about a 4-6 hour drive but will try to keep an eye out for any quail peeps in your area on byc or facebook!!

 

[Xouie]

Thanks for responding! Number 4 has a bald head from over mating. Could male quails try to mate other male quails?

Oh yes, definitely. Boy quails aren't overly picky in their mating advances.

I wish we weren't so far away. For once I'm dealing with an overabundance of girls here.

 

[Nabiki]

#3 looks like it might be a hen, but the others look like boys to me.

 

[Quailobsessed]

I feel you! I bought four 'females' once. Three were males!!!

 

[Nabiki]

Did the seller give you any kind of guarantee? I charge a lot more for hens than roos, but I tell my customers that if I make a mistake, I will exchange it. I had a customer return a roo on Sunday. I got 6 out of the 7 right. She'll get a hen as soon as I can tell which of my new hatch are girls.

 

[Louchick23]

Did the seller give you any kind of guarantee? I charge a lot more for hens than roos, but I tell my customers that if I make a mistake, I will exchange it. I had a customer return a roo on Sunday. I got 6 out of the 7 right. She'll get a hen as soon as I can tell which of my new hatch are girls.

No, she just charged 4 dollars each quail and picked random quails without sexing them when I asked for all hens.

 

[Nabiki]

$4 is really cheap, at least. I charge $7 for roos and $15 for hens. I live in SuperExpensiveLand, though.

 

[Louchick23]

I feel you! I bought four 'females' once. Three were males!!!

Did you ask to exchange the males for females?

 

[Quailobsessed]

Did you ask to exchange the males for females?

I didn't bother. First of all, they made me vent sex them, so technically it was my mistake (don't rely on vent sexing at seven weeks old!). Also, I got too attached to them!!!

The males were supposed to be $5 and the females $7, but I got three males for $7 each! Well... $6 extra is worth it for my special boys!

 

[Quailobsessed]

I didn't bother. First of all, they made me vent sex them, so technically it was my mistake (don't rely on vent sexing at seven weeks old!). Also, I got too attached to them!!!

The males were supposed to be $5 and the females $7, but I got three males for $7 each! Well... $6 extra is worth it for my special boys!

However, if you want to, you could try to exchange yours. Considering how you've described your experience with buying them, I kind of doubt they would accept exchanges, but it's worth a try!