How to Tell Male & Female Button Quails Apart
- 1). Look for a white "bib" just under the button quail's neck and reddish breast feathers, which most males have and females do not. Hens are also not as colorful as the males to make them better camouflaged while nesting.
- 2). Examine the bird's cloaca or "vent." A female's vent is larger if she has lain eggs recently. If you press the area just behind the male's vent, it will secrete a white, foamy substance.
- 3). Note the size of the bird. Hens are slightly larger and plumper than males at around 5 inches in length, compared to 4 1/2 inches for the male.
- 4). Listen to the bird's call. A male button quail makes a "pee pee pew" call that the hens do not make.
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