Rooting out a roo

[Nabiki]

This is one of two birds in question. This one and one other have a more uniform breast color. The other three are more spotted on the breast.

This is a male.

 

[HutchButch]

This is a male.

Alright. I'll double check and report back. This "bulge" I keep reading about: is it on the side of the vent closer to the legs or closer to the tail?

 

[HutchButch]

This is a male.

Also, here's the thread I found about hens crowing:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/do-female-quails-really-crow.699580/page-2

 

[Nabiki]

Alright. I'll double check and report back. This "bulge" I keep reading about: is it on the side of the vent closer to the legs or closer to the tail?

Closer to the tail

 

[CliftonQuail]

Some varieties of coturnix aren't feather sexable, but that looks like a pharaoh male to me. If you have another bird that has the same solid looking pattern on its breast as the one in that picture, I'd say you have 2 males and three females ( assuming the remaining birds are speckled). If they're only a month old, you're probably not getting eggs, yet, but that should change in the next couple of weeks.

 

[HutchButch]

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Some varieties of coturnix aren't feather sexable, but that looks like a pharaoh male to me. If you have another bird that has the same solid looking pattern on its breast as the one in that picture, I'd say you have 2 males and three females ( assuming the remaining birds are speckled). If they're only a month old, you're probably not getting eggs, yet, but that should change in the next couple of weeks.

Tried the bulge testing method. No bulge on either of the rusty breasted ones, much less any white foam that wasn't poop. Again, they're about 5 weeks old.

 

[Nabiki]

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Tried the bulge testing method. No bulge on either of the rusty breasted ones, much less any white foam that wasn't poop. Again, they're about 5 weeks old.

They're still too young. Wait until they're six or seven weeks old.

 

[Charlie Wooster]

Still too young to vent sex