Sexing Italian Quail

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Our Italian Quail are now three weeks old and all look like girls with dark cream spotty feathers there are no signs of any brown heads yet. I have a sneaky suspicion it is not that simple. Does anyone have any tips for us or is it just a waiting game to see what we have?

Many Thanks in Advance :)
 
look at their vents - males should be more protruding ... and will eventually make "foam" (from about 5-6 weeks)
 
We got very confused at first and I couldn't tell by their vents. Basically it's the spots on the girls' chests. By 4 to 5 weeks if they're spotty then they're girls, the boys don't have the spots. There's a brilliant video on You Tube about sexing quail. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfTv831gilc It worked great for us, and there's other videos on there as well which might help. Good luck.
 
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