sexing

I’ve been lurking this site for a few months but only just signed up, please forgive me if I’ve skipped anything. About 4 months ago I bought this Silkie “pullet” advertised as about 16 weeks old. At the time it looked like a “she”, V comb, no wattles, rounded feather shape on head etc. Since...

Hi, I need help sexing these Appenzeller Spitzhauben, Barnevelder and white crested Polish chicks! I bought one of each of these and a white bearded silkie that the seller guaranteed is a girl or I can bring it back for a laying female or 2x money back. They are all 6-7 weeks old I have a...

I have 11 Andalusian chicks. Most are grey, I have a few white, and a few black. This is my first time raising this breed and I've been trying to do as much research as I can but I'm having trouble distinguishing the Roo's from the Hens. I don't know if they are all the exact same age, I got...

These Khaki Campbell ducks were hatched by a breeder and mailed to me. I originally ordered 1 drake and 3 hens, and received 5 newly-hatched ducklings (1 extra for insurance) on March 16th. All of them look like hens to me. The hatchery says to wait until they are 6 weeks minimum before deciding...

Does anyone have any examples of the difference between a 4-5 week old maran pullet and cockerel? I have some marans and am having a hard time distinguishing the difference as their legs, combs, etc seem to be rather similar. I understand its probably too early to tell, but I'm just curious to...

So this is a silly question. In my defence, this is all very new to me. I have a blue roo x Cuckoo hen (black barred). I understand I would get black or blue females; and black barred or blue barred males. Seven chicks just hatched, is there any visual indicators that would make sexing the...

This is my sweetest chicken, one of my Easter Eggers. I’m so hoping it ends up being a hen. But the new spots of red are throwing me off. Any guesses? 6 weeks old today. The gold one is her EE sister. Also added a photo of all my (hopefully) girls from today!

Hi folks! I have 4 EE chicks that arrived mid February. I originally ordered three, but four showed up in the mail. I suspect that one is a rooster. None of them have outright distinct rooster/cockerel characteristics at the moment. But this one definitely displays the most rooster-like...

I have this sweetgrass that I’m still not sure if a Jake or hen. I have two and the other just started laying eggs two days ago. So exciting! I would like to figure out the sex of this one so I know if I have fertile eggs or not. No gobbling yet. But a good beard coming in. Totally...

I did a search and surprisingly didn’t find another thread; I was told it can’t be done. There is a hatchery that sells sexed turkey poults, but only BB. Tell me your methods, old wives tale or otherwise. Some percentages (rough, not exact) on how many you got correct using x method would be...

Hey! I have 3 Polish chicks that I am questioning. Hennifer is the buff/yellow one (first 2 images). She has a very round bouffant so I thought she was a girl, but she's growing some red bits on her face that are making me question everything. My last two are silver laced polish, I thought they...

@MysteryChicken @casportpony @HappyClucker7 @TheOddOneOut @cherrynberry @Chickens are awsome Any successful methods of sexing day old chicks? Wing sexing? Ramble on! :pop

Hi all, We’re really torn with this bird we originally thought it was a Pullet but now we’re convinced it’s a Cockeral can you help?

Hi! I got 3 chicks I'd like to get opinions on their sex. I have a black sex link, comet, and cinnamon queen. I *think* I know what they are but I'm totally curious and want to see if I am right or not.

I have hatched two rounds of Welsummer (rooster) X Cream Legbar chicks. This should produce sex-links. The chicks I suspect are males have very small head spots compared to other sex-links I have seen. What would cause them to not be as defined? My stock is from breeders and not hatchery...

This is only the second time raising chicks and we picked up twenty from the local farm store. We’re hoping we might get one rooster from the batch since we will want to free range them once they are old enough. One of the barred rocks was clearly from a prior hatching than the rest and was the...

Hi, I have 2 astralorps, both 11 weeks old, that look pretty different to each other. I was hoping you could help me identify their gender. Neither are crowing or seem aggressive. This one is a lot smaller, but has long tail feathers. And this one is a lot bigger, but more round. She also...

They are around 3 months old now i think? With one of them being a few weeks younger from what i know. I want to know if they can be sexed yet at this age. As i am looking to quickly sex them so that I could switch them with another chick if they are indeed the same gender, im thinking of dna...

Hi I’m just hoping for some clarification on the genders of these four. Thanks