Chick sexing project

[janiedoe]

my neighboor gave to me this one and told me that's a laying hen , every two weeks laying one egg but it never do it since it came here one month ago. another neighboor told me it's a rooster. but it never crowing . So pls help me check it's girl or boy. 4 years old.

Crested cream legbar hen or a mix with legbar.

those two chicks were bought from farm and farmer lady told me they're pullets but I don't know how old they are and girls or boys?

They look like golden sexlinks. Female.

 

[HappyClucker7]

my neighboor gave to me this one and told me that's a laying hen , every two weeks laying one egg but it never do it since it came here one month ago. another neighboor told me it's a rooster. but it never crowing . So pls help me check it's girl or boy. 4 years old.

CCLB mix hen.

those two chicks were bought from farm and farmer lady told me they're pullets but I don't know how old they are and girls or boys?

RSL pullets.

 

[windgirl]

CCLB 混血雌鸽。

RSL 小母鸡。

Thank you so much

 

[windgirl]

凤头奶油腿条母鸡或与腿条混合。

它们看起来像金色的性链。女性。

Thanks so much

 

[windgirl]

I have another four chicken but they couldn't let me take pix for them together. A neighboor gave me free. 5 years old. they said all hens and laying green or blue eggs.Please excuse the blurriness of the photo. Thank you all for your help.

 

[windgirl]

By the way, the chicken in the lower left corner of the second photo is a ruthless character. She came later, but she was the queen of five and everyone followed her orders. She doesn't even allow the black chicken(they came together) and the first come CCLB to eat. She and another buff and white are the Iron Triangle, Little Bully. my two pullets were aten by reccoon.

 

[BirdLvr56]

Hi All,

We have started a project to assemble collections of photos to help people trying to sex their chicks. What we are aiming for, for each breed included in this project, is a collection of photos showing chicks of both genders at as wide a variety of ages as possible, up to an age where differences between male and female are obvious. Such a resource will allow people to see at a glance how old their chicks should be before they have a go at discriminating males from females. For most breeds, it should be possible to use such a collection of photos to either confirm or dismiss previously suggested diagnostic features, and it may even be possible to identify new features to help pick out birds of one gender or the other.

The most valuable photos will be those that show the same chicks at a variety of different ages, ranging from before to after their gender is apparent from the photos. Moreover, these photos should clearly show those features that are most useful for discriminating the gender of the relevant breed. Such series of photos are not nearly as easy to find on the internet as one might think! If you already have such a series of photos that you'd be willing to share, that's great. If you don't, but are currently (or shortly to be) raising chicks, please consider taking regular photos of them as they grow older, until they are old enough that their gender is clear. If you have a run of more than one chick of a particular breed, such a series of photos could be particularly useful, but of course you should make sure that the identity of individual chicks can be tracked through the series. In many cases this will be possible due to individual markings of the chicks, but if the chicks are sufficiently similar it may be useful to mark them yourself in some way (e.g. by loosely tying coloured ribbon or thread around their legs), or by putting a spot of waterproof marker pen on their beak.

Anyone interested in contributing to this project should get in touch with me. Together with Rob (aka Nifty-Chicken) I have set up a very rudimentary prototype showing roughly what form the resource could take (for just a couple of breeds) here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=102688-sexing-different-breeds

I'm tinkering away with this, but Rob and I are hoping that soon this project will get to a point where it will be possible for contributors to add photos themselves. However, we're not quite there yet, and until then, it would be really helpful if you could make yourselves (and the breeds you are interested in) known to us (so we can contact you when the resource is ready) and start assembling series of photos of chicks of known age and (initially) unknown genders. Also, spread the word the more people contribute to this resource the more helpful it will be. The breeds that we cover will be determined by the breeds that people show an interest in, but basically any breed that can't be sexed straight after hatching would be suitable for inclusion.

Thanks in advance for your interest!

Mark

What breed does this 8wk old look like?

 

[windgirl]

I went to faraway to buy it. was told it's Russian orloff rooster but it's never crowing. So I'm not sure it's a rooster or capon. But it tried to ride a hen. is it two years old?

 

[windgirl]

it was told as a under 1 year old and old english pullet but I heard it crowed once as a rooster.

 

[windgirl]

I don't know what's kind of chick of it. Just know it's 4.5 month. next month will be lay egg. Is it correct?