Need some help ID'ing some buttons....

[peewee]

Got roped into some buttons a few weeks ago and I was wondering if anyone can help me ID them. I swore that I would not do these little guys again but they were so cute.

Sorry the pics aren't all that great but I was about to pull my hair out just trying to get these. Hope that they are enough to ID them. Boys or girls? Thanks for your help.

Bird 1

Bird 2

Bird 3

Bird 4 (there are two of these)

Bird 5

 

[Whitehouse Quail]

I don't think you can feather sex a button... let me go to google and let ya know!

 

[Whitehouse Quail]

Supposedly if there are red vent feathers, then it is a male. (Excepting whites.)

Suppposedly the males make a weird air noise that can distinguish them as well.

Also, bibs that are creamy are hens and bibs that are pure white are males (supposedly.)

Hope it helps!

 

[shelleyd2008]

#'s 2, 3, and 4 are all males. #'s 2 & 3 are both blueface, #4 looks like either a wild or a golden pearl. #5 is a female, redbreast. I can't tell for sure on #1, it looks like a female, but the blue breast would almost certainly mean male. I'd need a better picture of that one to be sure, and another pic of #4's back to tell if it's wild or g.p.

 

[shelleyd2008]

I posted #1 to a friend of mine on Facebook, Crystal Brooks. She should know what that one is

 

[quailmaster]

Picture#1 is a blue breasted male,also wild type.
Pic#2,3 are both blue face, but don't know if male or female.
Pic#4 is also a blue breasted male.
Pic#5 is a female red breasted.
I hope this helps. You have really neat button quail, like the colors.

 

[citalk2much]

Picture#1 Wild Male young
Pic#2 Blue Face Male
Pic#3 Blue Face Male
Pic#4 Wild male
Pic#5 Golden Red breasted Female

button quails are easiest sexed by the red vent feathers (other then white and some splash)
males make a air sound also -- kind of sounds like wind though a crack in door

 

[shelleyd2008]

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#'s 2 & 3 are both males, hence the blue on their breasts and faces. Females would be just the brown with black coloring

 

[quailmaster]

Thanks shelleyd2008, I didn't know how to tell the difference becuase I never had the blue face mutation before.

 

[citalk2much]

female buttons do not EVER have blue on them just an FYI