Aussie Finch Forum

Any ideas ?

silver and a male cinnamon

So I fluked a pair then did I and are they good colours?

I don't know whether it's a silver hen, can't really tell at that age with those.
cinnamon males are very nice, here's a pic sorry about size not my bird.

Nice going there Deb, cinnamon and silver, very nice.

Jayburd wrote:I don't know whether it's a silver hen, can't really tell at that age with those.

Thats something I was going to ask about silver quail. Is there a way to tell the males from the females? My silver chick has quite a few new silver feathers already.

Silvers get their bibs very late, and often have 'phantom bibs' where it LOOKS like one but isn't. You should be able to tell around 7-8 weeks.

Hey deb i acutaly just got 1 pair of king quail my wife always wanted them so we got erm. We got a silver hen and a normal cock. Those silvers are nice birds we love ours.

yep I have 6 hand tame quails, all SO cute, love coming and eating chives out of my hands.

As you can only see the back of the cinnamon I don;t know how you can say it is male. Deb do either of them have chestnut feathers on the belly yet? If not I would not swear to the sex. As some females of both colours have "phantom" bibs.
LML

the male is a male, the amount of white spotting will show. hens have much less.