What type of quails and how do I sex them?

[Farmerabr169]

Hello, so I’ve got some baby quails with eggs I got online, they all seem healthy but I don’t know what gender they all are. I’ve looked up an few videos about feather sexing and vent sexing but I really just can’t tell, I’m new to quails and I’m used to chickens so if someone could help it would very much appreciated

 

[Farmerabr169]

i don’t know a lot of the vocabulary for quails but in a lot of videos people call quails like this pharaoh and I was wondering if they are pharaohs or something else. Thx.

 

[Woodey2]

I'm new to quails too. I have a flock that is 8-9 weeks old. Another one that is 4 weeks old. You will have to wait closer to 9 weeks to tell who is who. Go to the quail tab and click on Bobwhite update: sexing them.

 

[Woodey2]

How old are yours? Like about 4 weeks old maybe...

 

[Farmerabr169]

How old are yours? Like about 4 weeks old maybe...

About 3.5 weeks old

 

[Farmerabr169]

I'm new to quails too. I have a flock that is 8-9 weeks old. Another one that is 4 weeks old. You will have to wait closer to 9 weeks to tell who is who. Go to the quail tab and click on Bobwhite update: sexing them.

So they are bobwhites?

 

[Woodey2]

Do your remember what eggs you ordered? They could be, but like I said I'm new to quails, too.

going to try to tag someone else:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/members/007sean.386560/

Not sure I am doing this right. Hope he will fine us.

 

[2 many chickens]

Coturnix maybe. Jumbo maybe.
Too young to sex. You could vent sex to be for sure.

 

[JaeG]

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:

Can you see the tiny spots of rusty red just starting to come through?

Before long it turns into this:

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!

 

[Woodey2]

Forgot about the eggs. Bobwhite are all white.