How old to sex a quail

[matt swenson]

title really says it all. Cortinix (not spelled right)

 

[le_bwah]

Standard-colored Coturnix can be sexed at 3-4 weeks—the males should have a rusty red breast and the females' breasts will be speckled.

Most other colors will need to be vent-sexed or identified by crowing around 5-6 weeks.

 

[le_bwah]

Not my pic but here's the standard (Pharaoh/wild type) coloration—female on the left, male on the right: