vent sexing

Hi everyone. Newbie quail owner here. I have a quail that is 8 weeks old (according to the breeder I got her/him from) The feathers on its breast look male but the vent sexing (and I’ve looked about 10 times trying to figure this out) is female. No foam (I’ve pushed all around trying to...

Hello! I am hoping for some help sexing this 5 week old coturnix chick. It may be too early but I’m hoping to make some coop decisions soon as I’m going out of town. I’m hoping someone with more experience may have some insight. He/she was hatched from mixed coturnix eggs so I don’t know much...

She was vent-sexed as female, 4 weeks old. Very docile. Could she be a he?

She was vent sexed as a female (90% accuracy), but I’m a little concerned about her splotchy coloring and large comb. She’s a little over 3 weeks old. Her sister has a similar comb, but more even coloring on the feathers. They both feathered out super early. The comb is yellow with no signs of...

Can chicks of the same breed have different size combs and still both be female? Both Buff Orpingtons. Vent sexed as female. 2.5 weeks old.

Hey guys This is my first time trying to identify the sex of my backyard geese, and I am not sure what am I looking at... The pictures attached are of 2+ month old geese. Appriciate your help! Gisele S.

i know vent sexing isn’t for the unskilled but i’m curious. i have a silky chick who got pasty bum, and after cleaning and checking their vent, i noticed a small bump protruding. is it possible that chick is a future roo? tyia

So I've hatched out a few batches of Coturnix Quail, I have varying ages now- all at least 7 weeks old up to 20 weeks old. Some are from other breeders, and the last batch was from eggs of my own. For my first hatch, at about 7-8 weeks I was able to vent sex using the foam that males produce...

Really struggling with sexing my 4 quail. They are not ones that can be determined by color. One for sure is male, it is mounting everyone and crowing. Two of the other ones are crowing as well. Only one is not crowing so hoping it’s a female. The venting has not been going well. I guess I...

Hi! I'm trying to sex my 3 week old coturnix quail, and having a hard time of it. I referenced the post https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/how-to-vent-sex-coturnix.150049/ several times, and have tried several times since they were a couple of days old to sex the babies. I felt my...

So your hatching your own chicks. Question is how do you properly vent sex? Where do you learn it from? Does anyone know truly how its done and could demonstrate or teach it? I understand its an art, where would one go to learn such a skill that would be a viable asset to ones poultry farm...

Am I crazy to think I can see a rooster or cockerel's papilla on occasion even when full grown? The entire process of examining comb and wattle growth, feather growth, leg thickness, spur growth, and a myriad of other details to determine whether a young chicken is a cockerel or a pullet seems...