What type of quails and how do I sex them?

We're the eggs creamy coloured with lots of big, brown spots? Those are Coturnix eggs. These are the Pharaoh colour and they will all start out spotty chested but red will start to come through on the males chests around 3-3.5 weeks old and they will slowly lose their spots until their chests are a lovely rusty colour.

Here are some photos of a male, taken about 5 days apart from memory, showing how they change:
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Can you see the tiny spots of rusty red just starting to come through?

Before long it turns into this:
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You cannot vent sex Coturnix until they are sexually mature and I've been completely wrong quite a few times using that method. It's much easier to observe their behaviour and come to a conclusion from that. But with this colour the difference will be quite apparent very soon.

If the eggs were pure white then they will be Bobwhite quail. They can be sexed I think from around 10 weeks old when the white starts to come through on the males heads. I haven't kept them before so double check my memory!
They were creamy so I’m assuming that they are pharaoh colored like you said. I’ll wait to see if any get this rusty chest, I’m hoping not to get to many males as hens will lay eggs and then guys won’t have to fight. Thanks! This helped a lot
 

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