I have two white crested polish chicks that are four weeks old. First of all- oh my god are they hilarious looking. I mean... special looking.
That isn't the point though. They have really different crests and I'm wondering if you can guess the sex from the feather crests. Beldar, the very slightly larger chick, has a fluffy, rounded, full, well developed crest. Beldar had a much more broad and fluffy crest even as a four day old- looked like an "afro" from day one. Pria was smaller as a baby but now has pretty much caught up. Pria's crest is sort of misshapen, less fluffy, less developed, more pinfeathery, and slightly shorter in length. Pria's crest as a tiny four day old was like a white gumdrop stuck to her head- sort of vertically tapered and very tightly packed fluff. I selected the two of them at the food store because they had such distinctly different looking heads so I figured one must be male, the other female. But which is which?
By the way, their wings and tails and personalities are almost indistinguishable. Pria is ever so slightly more inquisitive and bold, but barely.
I know pictures would help, so I'll get that done soon. Any first thoughts?
-MTchick
That isn't the point though. They have really different crests and I'm wondering if you can guess the sex from the feather crests. Beldar, the very slightly larger chick, has a fluffy, rounded, full, well developed crest. Beldar had a much more broad and fluffy crest even as a four day old- looked like an "afro" from day one. Pria was smaller as a baby but now has pretty much caught up. Pria's crest is sort of misshapen, less fluffy, less developed, more pinfeathery, and slightly shorter in length. Pria's crest as a tiny four day old was like a white gumdrop stuck to her head- sort of vertically tapered and very tightly packed fluff. I selected the two of them at the food store because they had such distinctly different looking heads so I figured one must be male, the other female. But which is which?
By the way, their wings and tails and personalities are almost indistinguishable. Pria is ever so slightly more inquisitive and bold, but barely.
I know pictures would help, so I'll get that done soon. Any first thoughts?
-MTchick
