how to sex 1 week old chicks??????????????????

[chickenwhat]

I tryed the neck thing and it says i have all girls, that's great if they really are.

 

[speckledhen]

That is an old wives (or farmers') tale and like many, has about as much success as flipping a quarter.

What breed are they? Some, like Barred Rocks, can be sexed at hatch by certain traits.

 

[chickenwhat]

I Have Not A Clue They Came From My Uncle 2 Are Black And 2 Are Yellow Turning White And Black. I Have Buff's And Black Austrlopes, That Are Redy To Start Laying. I'm New At This But Love All My Chickens

 

[chkinut]

i've had pretty good luck with looking at the way they feather out. of course it's not 100%, but it worked for me when i hatched a bunch of chicks and could only keep 2 pullets out of each breed......i find the females feather out quicker and they also get their tail feathers more quickly as well. the males look like their legs are taller/bigger too. i found that when they got their wing feathers, the females were more pointy and nicely shaped and the males were more blunt. of course it's certainly not 100% and i never got to see if i was right about the chicks i gave away, but i was sure right when i chose girls at 2 weeks old and then i gave the rest of their siblings away. i was takin a chance, true, but i ended up being right. maybe it was just luck....but i've heard others say the same thing about females feathering out faster....

 

[jaybob54]

What is the feather trick and How do you try it??..... Will it work on my 5 straight run aracauna
chicks????.....????...

 

[chkinut]

are you talking about what i was saying? or are you talking about "feather sexing"? cuz the actual "feather sexing" technique is done when they're just a couple days old and it only works for certain breeds.

 

[jaybob54]

I mean theneck thing in the beginning where you said they are all girls

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[chickenwhat]

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they said it's like flipping a quater. so i guess not

 

[Erebus]

Completely new to all this stuff so can someone tell me how young chicks have to be to vent sex? I haven't found any good footage of the process but I'm interested in picking up the skill.

 

[ninabeast]

With my twelve, the smallest one who didn't feather in as quickly as the rest (at about 1-2 weeks it was clear), turned out to be a roo.