So I guess I have a rooster

[sarabeth485]

So it is painfully obvious today that I am a newbie to quail. I was checking on my five female coturnix before work this morning and as I was walking away I heard what, even to my untrained ear, had to be a crow. I turned and spotted the culprit as “she” repeated the performance.

After doing a bit of research I came home tonight and it looks as though the feathers match the crow and I do indeed have a rooster.

So now I just want to verify the other four are females. Two are the standard coloration (including the male) and three are what I think are Italian. If anyone wants to weigh in on color and gender verification I would appreciate it. Thanks!

 

[le_bwah]

FMFFF, not quite sure on #1. As far as I know, Italian females will have spotted chests and black on their heads, where the males will have blank or ruddy chests and brown/red head coloration.

 

[007Sean]

View attachment 1490256 View attachment 1490257 View attachment 1490258 View attachment 1490259 View attachment 1490260 So it is painfully obvious today that I am a newbie to quail. I was checking on my five female coturnix before work this morning and as I was walking away I heard what, even to my untrained ear, had to be a crow. I turned and spotted the culprit as “she” repeated the performance.

After doing a bit of research I came home tonight and it looks as though the feathers match the crow and I do indeed have a rooster.

So now I just want to verify the other four are females. Two are the standard coloration (including the male) and three are what I think are Italian. If anyone wants to weigh in on color and gender verification I would appreciate it. Thanks!

I'll call in the expert, @DK newbie

 

[lomine]

I see one male (2nd pic) and the rest are females.

 

[Sara L]

Pic 2 looks like definite male to me. The rest look like girls.

The regular wild/traditional/pharaoh brown quail and the Italian are both able to be sexed by the chest color the same way. Spots indicate females and solid red/orange color indicates males.

 

[Erkenstein]

Good ratio and pretty birds.

 

[Sara L]

With only one male, he should be pretty quiet. If the birds are happy then they are quiet, if they are upset they will be louder.

 

[GoldenChooks]

You can tell italian and pharoh by the chest, females will have spots males won't

 

[Erkenstein]

With only one male, he should be pretty quiet. If the birds are happy then they are quiet, if they are upset they will be louder.

If you want to really hear what that male can do, go ahead and move him to a separate cage.

 

[Hungarianquail]

I had a "transgender" quail. Had all the typical physical markings of a female coturnix, but didn't lay eggs. So I did the pinch test and it had unmistakable white foam coming out. Yet it never made crowing sounds. Then the day came (at 4 months old) I decided to cull the boys... well, when I opened it up, it had an egg ready to lay and two more forming inside. The weirdest quail I ever had.