Safe to assume they are female?

[JudgeChunk]

I have this group of young quail. 2 coturnix and one button. The button recently started making that "pew pew pew" noise at night. The other two are silent but the feathers are coming in. I'd like to know because I don't want to end up with all males and have problems. Is it possible to tell?

 

[Friendly_Lurker]

@Nabiki

 

[shrimpsilkies]

Italian looks like a hen, Tibetan are not feather sexable and you will not notice a difference in behavior until around 4 weeks. I don’t know enough about button colors to tell if male or female.

 

[Nabiki]

How old are they? It looks like it's still a bit too early to tell. I'm guessing they're about 2.5 weeks old?

Button males (if they're feather sexable) will start showing pinkish/red feathers around their vent at around 4 weeks old.

 

[JudgeChunk]

How old are they? It looks like it's still a bit too early to tell. I'm guessing they're about 2.5 weeks old?

Button males (if they're feather sexable) will start showing pinkish/red feathers around their vent at around 4 weeks old.

Yeah they are all around the same age. The button hatched on the 9th. I bought the other 2 shortly after.

 

[Nabiki]

Yeah they are all around the same age. The button hatched on the 9th. I bought the other 2 shortly after.

Wait another week, then take pictures of the chicks' breasts for us. The tibetans aren't going to be feather sexable. The buttons may take a little longer to know.