In general, how long do I have to identify males after initiating flowering before they start pollinating my females? Five days 5 days on yet and no sign of sex. I have 16 plants in a cramped room so I could miss one.
There's no "in general", it's individual to the genetics you're using. You learn this with experience with your strain.
It'll be awhile, couple weeks minimum, if they havent shown sex yet.