Someone sex my coturnix quail?!

[ChooksAndDucks]

I bought 9 4-week-old quail for a local quail farm and they 8 were suppose to be female. I bought a silver coturnix(unsexed) because Ive never seen one before. The rest are wild type/brown. Someone correctly sex them?

7 are like that^

I believe thats male^

 

[gmendoza]

Here is a link to the quail page:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/102281/coturnix-quail-basics-information-and-pictures-galore

but besides the link,I used to raise quail.

the top one is a hen, the bottom a roo

hen: spots and no rust color

roo: rust color

you got a good deal.

Usually there should be 1 male to 3 hens for close to 100% fertilization (IMO)

 

[ChooksAndDucks]

So glad theres only one male. I was going to spilt the cage and keep a quadlet each side If I had two cocks. If the silver is a male im going to get 3 hens for it Do hens make noise when there 4 weeks? The cock is calling all the time some females seem to call thats why i doubted there gender

Thanks, Luke.

 

[lewee]

males will be the 1's with bald spots on the back of the heads, this comes from the females riding them , to get them to "play ball", after 1 month, all my males were "visible" by this activity