Help identify my button quail!


Have you seen this video?

Charlie says that around 6-7 weeks the vent area of a female is larger as it gets ready to make space for eggs.
The 25 day old tuxedo I got today has red vent feathers although I’m not sure if all male tuxedos do.
Yes, i have seen the video but I don't think I would notice the vent area getting larger. And still no red vent feathers. if I had to guess I think she's a female.
 
The red vent feathers in tuxedos can be a bit tricky to see if their whole belly is white. If it's a male you may see some red or blue feathers at the edge where the colored feathers meet the white ones, as seen in the male in the pic.
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If there's no sign of red/blue feathers I would say that you'd have to wait for an egg or try to figure out the sex by behaviour/noise.

How old is your tuxedo now?
 
Hi, so I hatched some button quail a few weeks ago so can anyone help me identify what color/ mutation they are? And possibly the gender of them. Any help is appreciated.
Thank you!
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Well, as a chicken farmer, I can say that those are indeed quails…………… if I remember correctly, dark brown is called “Rosetta”, and Golden Italian is white with yellow ish markings on the breast. That’s all I know though, I ended up selling my quail because they didn’t act like I thought they would and I wasn’t prepared to be a quail owner.
 
Well, as a chicken farmer, I can say that those are indeed quails…………… if I remember correctly, dark brown is called “Rosetta”, and Golden Italian is white with yellow ish markings on the breast. That’s all I know though, I ended up selling my quail because they didn’t act like I thought they would and I wasn’t prepared to be a quail owner.
Im afraid your talking about coturnix quail mine are button quail.
 
The red vent feathers in tuxedos can be a bit tricky to see if their whole belly is white. If it's a male you may see some red or blue feathers at the edge where the colored feathers meet the white ones, as seen in the male in the pic.
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If there's no sign of red/blue feathers I would say that you'd have to wait for an egg or try to figure out the sex by behaviour/noise.

How old is your tuxedo now?
About 7 1/2 weeks old is checked her agian and there's not a hint of blue or red feathers anywhere.
 

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