sexing jersey giants

[werecatrising]

I have some jersey giant chicks- around 7 or 8 weeks old. I noticed some have more yellow to the legs and beaks. Is this any indication of gender?

 

[Chickenrandomness]

No. maybe some of them are just not "Show quality" if you were looking for show quality chickens

 

[HBuehler]

You should be able to tell by their combs and wattles by now.We have some JG babies now 3 weeks old and you can tell all the roosters real easy.

 

[werecatrising]

Nope, not looking for show birds- just friends!

 

[werecatrising]

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Do you have any picture you could share?

 

[Chickenrandomness]

well, anyway, are you sure those are pure bred?

 

[HBuehler]

They grow so fast-they are Giants

I don't have one taken in the past few days but will get some tomorrow.All of the roos have real wattles-started seeing them at 2 weeks plus a larger comb.I feather sexed them at a day and sure enough every one that feather sexed a roo has wattles

the pullets don't.
Not sure who the purebred question was for so to clarify mine are breeder stock purebreds...all of my chickens are purebred unless they are a planned cross.

 

[werecatrising]

Mine came from a hatchery, so I am assuming they are purebred. The person I got them from had extra because her order was double shipped.

They all have small combs, no wattles yet. They wre straight runs, so I thought at least one would be a roo.

 

[HBuehler]

Here is one of my Ugly Ducks..I mean JG's sorry they are going thru the uglies right now.He's 3.5 weeks-time flies by when your hatching chicklets

He also had the most white which also unfortunately doesn't sex these critters.
My pullets don't have such a wattle on them yet..sorry they were hiding on me this morning-you know females with bad hair days won't allow their picture to be taken

The females are also very well feathered compared to the roos.

 

[werecatrising]

Thanks for the pictures. Mine don't have any wattles at all, so I'm guessing hens.

I was feeling bad for thinking my JG chicks were some of the ugliest critters I've seen. I keep saying they look like mutant baby vultures of some sort.