Quail Noises....Odd Quail

[2boys1homestead]

I have 4 jumbo coturnix quail. As far as I know, they are all female (they all have chest spots). Now the quail with the least amount of spots is making a weird croaking sound. She isn't crowing or anything like that. The other three chirp or trill while this one sounds like a really small bullfrog.

It's eating well and nothing seems to be wrong with it at all. We are averaging about 3 eggs a day between the 4 quails. Do I have a weird male? or maybe the legendary frog whisperer?

Any help would be appreciated!

 

[momofseven]

maybe a male after all?
Our male is called "noisy" at first we thought she was female, too

 

[2boys1homestead]

I thought all of them were female...the other three have a much larger section off spots on their chests while this one just has a small (maybe 1/2 inch) band. He's definitely not like the pictures I've seen where it's completely rust colored starting at the neck. A male would be a blessing though. I have wanted to expand our flock.

 

[momofseven]

Does (s)he have any rusty colours at all?

 

[2boys1homestead]

Very little, but there is some.

 

[momofseven]

I'd say its a male, because of the 3 eggs as well. We have 3 female and 3 eggs a day

 

[2boys1homestead]

I just wanted to update everyone about the quail croaking. I have 4 quail and all of them are female. All four of them croak like frogs and all of them make very loud sounds. I've never heard a male quail crow, so I'm not sure what that sounds like, but in case anyone ever finds this in a search, a croaking quail does not mean it's male.

Also, the amount of speckled feathers on females can vary. I had 3 females with A LOT of speckled breast feathers and one female with only an inch or so of speckled breast feathers.

Thanks everyone for your help!

 

[fishforbrains]

My hens occasionally croak like frogs or sound like crickets, and sometimes they kind of trill. The crowing of males is very distinctive, you can't mistake that. It sounds like crowing.