male or female?

[Loretta212]

here are my 2 quail. they were given to me for free and i really enjoy them but do not know much about them. are they male or female?

 

[mochicken]

try to post pics of their chests

 

[The Critter Place]

A picture of the chest would help.

Do you know how old they are? Have you heard a crow/call that sounds like "look at me" ? that would be a male.

A male will have a Rust color chest, and the female will have black spots on a cream color chest.

 

[Loretta212]

here are the fronts i would say at least 4 months old

 

[The Critter Place]

Looks like 2 hens to me.

 

[mochicken]

Yeah they are pretty light in the chest

 

[snyd08]

100%hens

 

[Loretta212]

when do they usually start to lay?

 

[Dingo]

They usually start laying around 5-6 weeks. Are you supplementing their light?

 

[chrishel]

Usually around 5 to 8 weeks old. But if you upset them like change their cage, their feed, go on vacation (as I've found recently!) they may stop laying for a bit.

So if you just received them, and they have good light (14 hours per day minimum) and good feed, you should look forward to eggs soon!