what do u think????

[quailtrail]

So I have watched the 2 coturnix mate and she lays almost daily. My 7 week old texas a&ms only one is laying. I've seen no mating from them at all. My male coturnix doesn't even go near them. So today I noticed a second a&m crow. So I guess that leaves one unknown. ..but not laying or crowing???? Prob have 4 males and 2 females

 

[Habibs Hens]

2 females I would remove all but 1 male

leave it a trio

post some pics and we can try sex them for you

make sure the face and breast are clear and in focus

 

[quailtrail]

Ok I will try in the am as its dark. My kids r sad we have to get rid of some

 

[Sycamore27]

A&Ms probably won't be visually sexable unless they happen to have some patches of brown feathers on the breast or face, being mostly white birds. A&Ms are supposed to take up to 9 weeks to sexually mature so you may yet find out you have another hen. Fingers crossed for you!

I've noticed my one roo (a normal) doesn't mate my white hen. He picks on her a bit if she gets in his way around the feeder but that's the most he interacts, but my other two hens are partly bald and she has a full head of feathers. I guess he just doesn't care for white girls...

Cheers,
Jessie

 

[quailtrail]

A&Ms probably won't be visually sexable unless they happen to have some patches of brown feathers on the breast or face, being mostly white birds.  A&Ms are supposed to take up to 9 weeks to sexually mature so you may yet find out you have another hen.  Fingers crossed for you!

I've noticed my one roo (a normal) doesn't mate my white hen.  He picks on her a bit if she gets in his way around the feeder but that's the most he interacts, but my other two hens are partly bald and she has a full head of feathers.  I guess he just doesn't care for white girls...

Cheers,
Jessie

ok so don't panic yet???

 

[Sycamore27]

ok so don't panic yet???

Yeah, I would wait until you have some kind of identifiable sexual behavior from the A&Ms before you freak out about what sexes you have. If you catch the one crowing again you might mark him with a blue or green non-toxic marker so you can keep track of which one he is if you can't readily tell them apart on sight. Don't use a red, pink or orange marker for this though, they will likely peck at anything close to red thinking it's a blood spot.

Cheers,
Jessie

 

[quailtrail]

Yeah, I would wait until you have some kind of identifiable sexual behavior from the A&Ms before you freak out about what sexes you have.  If you catch the one crowing again you might mark him with a blue or green non-toxic marker so you can keep track of which one he is if you can't readily tell them apart on sight.  Don't use a red, pink or orange marker for this though, they will likely peck at anything close to red thinking it's a blood spot.  

Cheers,
Jessie

Thanks!!!!!