Texas A&m White Coturnix Quail Sexing

[kingmt]

I'll leave the pee & other "stuff" alone on this one but I would mark the females with the blue zip ties & dinner I mean males without. The females better hope they don't lose there zip ties.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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The reason I only mark males is because I mark ones that are crowing or foaming for sure. I start marking them when they start crowing, so the crower/foamers get a band, and the non-crower/non-foamers don't. Once it's been long enough that all the males should be marked, I pick the best one (if I'm keeping any) and the rest go to auction.

 

[JJMR794]

I'm With King On This 1--- Its Easier To Clean Them If You Dont Have To Waste Time On Cutting Zip Ties Off....

 

[shelleyd2008]

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So you leave their feet on then?

 

[JJMR794]

Nope But I Dont Wanna Waste The Zip Ties Or Have To Cut Them Off If They Get In The Way--- I Dont Skin My Birds, I Scald And Pluck Them.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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But if you take the feet off, the zip tie should slide right over the end of the leg, unless you put them on real tight.

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

'pee' is not the right word but quote 'Males also have a cloacal gland, a bulbous structure located at the upper edge of the vent which secretes a white, foamy material. This unique gland can be used to assess the reproductive fitness of the males (Cheng, Hickman and McIntyre (1985). '

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

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But if you take the feet off, the zip tie should slide right over the end of the leg, unless you put them on real tight.

you don't need to scald they pluck very easy

 

[JJMR794]

The Skin Tears Easily Too.

Shelley Its Easier To Pluck Them With The Feet On ( Use The Feet For Handles) Sometimes The Zip Ties Can Get In The Way Of Plucking If They Slide Up The Legs... And Besideswhy Waste The Zip Tie? I Figure For Every 5 Thousand Zip Ties I Save I Have Saved Enough Money To Buy 12-16 Ounces Worth Of Feed (lol)

 

[kingmt]

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You must get a good deal on feed or pay to much for zip strips.