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I was tracking a number of aspects with this group. Wing feathering, tail growth, wing growth, weight. The information I was finally able to find indicates that chick weight starts to segregate by gender at about week 5. I was relatively accurate taking these things as a group. I was wrong on 2...

I was surprised that the black chicks are smaller, but their grandfather was a JG and very slow growing. I thought something was wrong with him for a while. They are right on track for a layer breed, though. I can't compare with the f1, since all of them were the same cross. The segregation of...

The smaller four (the three blacks and the one paler chick) are right on schedule for their expected weight at 2 weeks for a layer breed. That would be 115 grams, or 1/4 pound. The remaining three are developing more like a meat breed. At 170+ g their weight comes in between the layer weight...

I am finding a great deal of contradictory information. There seems to be a consensus that boys grow faster as teenagers. That one I get. But who grows faster in the first few weeks? Is it breed specific? Some sites say absolutely boys grow faster, others absolutely that girls grow faster. I...