hen or rooster quails?

tielie135

Songster
5 Years
Apr 20, 2020
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100 mile house, BC, Canada
i cannot for the life of me figure out these quails gender, everyone feather sexed out easy. any tips figuring these guys out? im thinking both males but there is markings lightly on the chests all the other males were very clean on the chest.
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i cannot for the life of me figure out these quails gender, everyone feather sexed out easy. any tips figuring these guys out? im thinking both males but there is markings lightly on the chests all the other males were very clean on the chest.
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I usually feather sex my button quail as they grow, but for my coturnix (which it looks like you have), I just squeeze the vent gently. If white foam comes out, male. if not, female.
this only works if they are sexually mature (6-7+ weeks old)
 
Better photos. They don't seem old enough to vent sex yet although they should all range 6 to 8 weeks. I know there are roosters in this batch but no crowing yet. All the other ones were easy to feather sex and the roosters don't have foam yet so maybe I'm off on the age. (edit- #4 is the oldest and similar age roosters just barely started to have foam at that age but her chest is clean so been confused on her but i think its a girl, all the rest of her batch was either clean or spotted chest and was fully accurate. the other ones are probably 6ish week)
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