What color is my quail baby??

[kurby22]

I haven’t had any Italian or manchurian hens with solid red or brown heads, just the males, but I have had males that did not have the solid head, and had markings very much like what is traditionally the more feminine look.

Here’s a thread I made when a speckly chested bird I thought was a hen started to crow:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-male-with-chest-spots.1445991/#post-24031884

Oh wow, I totally would have guessed hen for that bird! He is gorgeous though, beautiful color. I have three that are some form of Italian/Manchurian...one that is obviously a boy but the other two are going to remain question marks till one of them or both of them crow I think! The Pearl one is confusing too...head isn't fully colored, but does have a band that is darker. Sighh, why can't they just look how they're supposed to?? Thanks for the info!