Okay! Much debate.. Male or Female Silver Button!?

[shelleyd2008]

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Thats what I figured a silver male looked like... but I was told color variations can be missing the bibs.. But the prior owner listed in the ad that they were a mated pair that produced eggs. I see no reason WHY she would lie.. Since no one asked about eggs when posting.. BEAUTIFUL male btw!!! <3

How long have you had them?

 

[jfulcher]

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Thats what I figured a silver male looked like... but I was told color variations can be missing the bibs.. But the prior owner listed in the ad that they were a mated pair that produced eggs. I see no reason WHY she would lie.. Since no one asked about eggs when posting.. BEAUTIFUL male btw!!! <3

How long have you had them?

3 weeks maaaybe 4 but probably closer to 3.

 

[shelleyd2008]

She's probably just thrown off from moving, it can take them at least 4 weeks, sometimes 6 or more, to get back into routine after moving.

 

[jfulcher]

Ahh thats what I figured. I mean the person who sold her and her mate had no reason to lie in their ad about her laying egg unless she hallucinates lol.

 

[shelleyd2008]

You'd be surprised how many people would lie, especially with a button quail that color. An experienced person would know what to look for to tell the sex, but an amateur would look for a bib and be done with it. But I don't think she lied to you.

 

[jfulcher]

Well I wondered if some color mutations had no bib so I checked the vent feathers. Being too afraid to go further and check the vent.. And she is pure silver. I was just being sure. Because I wanted to know if I needed to look for two special girls from my hatch to pair up with them lol. But they are pretty an I think would make pretty babies!