Gender ID help, please....UPDATE page 5

[Sir Birdaholic]

Here's mine....
MALE

FEMALE

 

[Rozzie]

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Yup, even I could pick those two out.

My older birds are no problem for me, either. Just these young ones, ROFL.

Pretty birds, by the way!

 

[JJMR794]

Hey Rozzie Hows Larry Moe And Curly Doin Today?

 

[Rozzie]

Funny that you ask. I was out trying out the camera on my new phone by taking pictures of them -- and their two noisy brothers.

It's turned cold here, so they are all fluffed out to stay warm. So, they got their first big piles of hay in the corners of their pens to curl down into. I've given them small handfuls of dried grass but was saving my limited supply of hay until it got colder. (It's such a mess hauling it in my car!) They RAN to that hay and practically started dancing in it. Spoiled birds!

If the pictures came out, I'll post some later. They won't be as good as from my regular phone, though. The cell phone is lower resolution.

 

[Rozzie]

Ah well. Those pictures came out good enough for me to play with, but not to post. I'll test it during better light tomorrow!

 

[Rozzie]

You all must have JINXED me.

Whoever has the voodoo doll, stop already!

Those of you who said all roos win the virtual door prize.

What is the virtual door prize?

Well, since they are all boys, it will have to be a big pile of quail poo. That's all they are willing to donate. (They prefer to keep their heads, after all.)

Had some of them been girls, it might have been a dozen virtual quail eggs!

They are all now (unhappily) moved to the basement. I caught one of them crowing this morning. He was ever so quiet and timid. I snatched him out of the cage & took him to a temp cage downstairs. He was pretty po'ed as it was smaller than I like (plenty big for a short period but it's intended as a spare brooder / grow out area.) Anyway, I got to feeling sorry for him a couple of hours later because he was acting so lonesome. (I tried to put him in with the two boys downstairs but they'd been separated for two weeks and it looked like it might not work.) So, I brought him back up with the other two before they forgot who he was.

Well, that started the crowing war. Within five minutes ALL THREE were crowing. First they purred. (Or, at least that's what I call it. I have no idea what that little low throat sound is called.) Then one crowed as soon as I stepped away. I hurried back over. Another crow. Kept my eyes on that bird. Saw another crow. Instantly honed in on the third bird wondering how it would react. Within 30 seconds it was crowing too. All three were not just crowing but were crowing loudly. Very loudly. No timid crows here.


I better have some girls in this week's hatch.

(We need a quail chick.)

Edited to add: Just took the boys down some hay & lined one side of their wire with it. They aren't used to being on wire but that's the breaks. I don't have another small hard bottom pen at the moment that they can have in the basement! However, they have six or seven square feet for the three of them, plus the nest boxes (not that they'll need them, LMAO). They loved their hay upstairs so they can have it down there, too.

Later this winter, when I have time, I might build them a hard bottom cage so they can get off the wire. I think all I'll need to buy is a sheet of plywood. I have everything else on hand.

 

[JJMR794]

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THIS ONLY WORKS WITH SEXUALLY ACTIVE BIRDS