Sexing quail and colour

[FloorCandy]

My neighbor uses a funnel to hold them still. He uses a cut out plastic water bottle, puts the bird in there so that the head sticks out at the smaller end and then cuts it off quickly. I haven't tried it yet.

I’ve seen this with chickens, it seems like it makes it easier for larger birds, but quail don’t really struggle, and you don’t need to drain them very long, I feel like being held by hands they’re used to is less frightening than being stuffed in a cone and hung upside down. But bigger birds can be a real handful so getting a good quick cut is probably easier with the cones.

 

[Quailophilic]

My quail chicks are 18 days old. Can anyone tell what theor genders might be???

 

[Trisseh]

Decapitation and cervical dislocation are both acceptable, humane slaughter methods for birds, at least here in Canada. Stunning is generally required for larger animals, and for some other methods (like it should be used on geese and ducks if using the broomstick method) but birds that are being killed by chopping their heads off do not need to be stunned prior. I agree that attempting to stun a tiny bird is not going to work well with blunt force trauma, which seems to be the only option, as I’m sure none of us have the equipment to use electric stunning. Lol. I read through the entire handbook on euthanasia and humane slaughter from the CFIA prior to getting any of my animals so I was equipped to deal with it, but now I don’t know that I could kill them. Haha. We’ll see, considering I wound up with what looks to be all boys...

 

[Fenrisulfr]

Difficult to say at this age. One is definately a boy. For the other, with more spot, you gotta wait 1 or 2 weeks.

 

[Quailobsessed]

My quail chicks are 18 days old. Can anyone tell what theor genders might be???View attachment 2281649View attachment 2281650View attachment 2281651View attachment 2281652

I have some about that age right now. One is a male and the others I can't tell yet.

For yours, I agree with @Fenrisulfr

 

[Quailophilic]

I have some about that age right now. One is a male and the others I can't tell yet.

For yours, I agree with @Fenrisulfr

I hope the other one comes out to be a female, because i want a female of that colour, as i have had a golden hen(their mother) that died of no cause. I an in love with this colour. In this hatch, only these two are of this colour.

 

[Quailobsessed]

I hope the other one comes out to be a female, because i want a female of that colour, as i have had a golden hen(their mother) that died of no cause. I an in love with this colour. In this hatch, only these two are of this colour.

All four of my chicks are that colour (italian) and both their parents are too. I have eight italians in total.

 

[Quailophilic]

All four of my chicks are that colour (italian) and both their parents are too. I have eight italians in total.

Idkwb this colour is most attractive of all