Sexing Speckled Sussex - (1st time mom's observations) pic intensive

[DKFarms]

SS's are one of my favorite breeds, due to their really good nature.

 

[drumstick diva]

waiting for gender

 

[Starboardlabs]

waiting for gender

According to a 99.99% accurate DNA blood test, she's a pullet. But I guess the proof is in the pudding so in a couple of months when she lays her first egg, I'll post bac. Unless of course she in the.01% margin of error and crows - and I'll post for that as well.

 

[SueT]

Hi starboardlabs...just wondering how your Sussex is doing.....any new pics?

 

[Starboardlabs]

Hi Sue T, she's doing great! She's going to be 15 wks if I remember right. I need to get a better pic, she's lightening fast. Her comb is still pale and no waddles. Probably around mid/late September when she will start laying

 

[SueT]

My S Sussex has been my best layer. I have some new pullets, 20 weeks, and the only one laying is a little Sebright bantam! She has laid 3 tiny eggs in 4 days, so she's giving Speckles a run for her money...

 

[Starboardlabs]

KikisGirls, SueT, Drumstick Diva

Just a follow up at 19 weeks, she laid her first egg. It's a soft shell, as I haven't switched the feed over yet to layer feed (I have a couple of youngsters turning 18 weeks in another week). But here it is, the proof in the pudding if you will. This is the chick I had suspected was a rooster, the same one so many so people all swore up and down was a cockerel even after I had the DNA results telling me she was a pullet. She is all hen and I adore this silly character

 

[SueT]

KikisGirls, SueT, Drumstick Diva

Just a follow up at 19 weeks, she laid her first egg. It's a soft shell, as I haven't switched the feed over yet to layer feed (I have a couple of youngsters turning 18 weeks in another week). But here it is, the proof in the pudding if you will. This is the chick I had suspected was a rooster, the same one so many so people all swore up and down was a cockerel even after I had the DNA results telling me she was a pullet. She is all hen and I adore this silly character

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Soft eggs can happen at first, but get her some oyster shell. Those that need it will eat it, and those that don't, won't. Many people give oyster shell in addition to layer feed.
Congrats on first egg!!!!

 

[HeyHo]

Thanks so much for this thread! I am in the same position right now with my chick and feel certain that Henrietta is a Henry (mostly based upon stance and that comb!). But now I will keep my fingers crossed....

 

[SueT]

Thanks so much for this thread! I am in the same position right now with my chick and feel certain that Henrietta is a Henry (mostly based upon stance and that comb!). But now I will keep my fingers crossed....

how about posting some pics....