Vent sexing?

[quintinp]

i was wondering what this was, and if someone had pictures of it.................. what is the best way of identifying the sex of baby rhode island reds, and plymouth rocks

 

[mljohnson05]

Vent sexing should be left to the professionals, if you do not know what you are doing, you can really hurt the little bird.
Vent sexing is done at time of hatch, if you wait to many days, it is no longer accurate ( and even when done by professionals, it is still NOT 100% accurate).

Best way for any breed (unless the are sex-linked) is to wait for comb, hackle development.

 

[quintinp]

yeah the hackle and saddle feather development

 

[redhd077]

When you say hackle how does it sound? when will you notice it a hackle? I have some that are about 4 weeks old and i have one that sounds diffrent than the rest. could this be a rooster?

 

[Wildflower_VA]

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Hackles are the long neck feathers--not a sound.

 

[redhd077]

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Hackles are the long neck feathers--not a sound.

Well now don't i feel stupid!

 

[gale65]

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Hackles are the long neck feathers--not a sound.

Well now don't i feel stupid!

Don't. I didn't know what it was either and looked it up here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-anatomy.html

 

[Wildflower_VA]

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Hackles are the long neck feathers--not a sound.

Well now don't i feel stupid!

No need to feel stupid. We aren't born knowing all about poultry, so we have to ask questions or research some other way. Lots to learn about raising chickens.

 

[emay4short]

No don't feel stupid. It was a very cute and honest question. Made me smile.

 

[aggie9296]

First time I heard the word hackle, I thought it was a different kind of cackle.