3 months old! Gender guesses? Im New at this!

melaniem14

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Jul 14, 2016
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Hi there everyone!
The kids are officially 3 months old!
We are new at this so some help with sexing would be great.
I have looked at the chart but Im not seeing it.....so guess away, you wonderful pros!







 
Both hens.


Interesting!! Most have pegged the brown one a male due to barring?? How is it that you can tell? I find this fascinating!!
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He/she fans ALL THE TIME!! Is that normal
For a female as well?
 
Interesting!! Most have pegged the brown one a male due to barring?? How is it that you can tell? I find this fascinating!!
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He/she fans ALL THE TIME!! Is that normal
For a female as well?


Both hens and roosters will fan starting from hatch to past maturity. Its their way of swelling up to look bigger and to floss. As for sexing your girls, in India blues natural pattern (regular) both sexes get the barring pattern but, the roosters bars will be closer together on each feather and crisper or sharper in shape. Your little girl has them scattered and they will slowly disappear as she matures, Congrats and Bravo to you for such healthy birds,
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Gerald Barker
 
I'm kinda wondering if the lighter one could be male. I don't see any tapering of the feather ends. Don't know if that's always the case, but its something I've been noticing lately in the female chicks (besides the single end bar). Are the leg shafts the same thickness, or does the lighter chick have thicker legs?
 
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Here is a clear photo example of India Blue Chick sexing. These are the same two chicks, brother and sister. They are pied- , so ignore the white feathers except in they serve to track the male. From the beginning the male had little white eppulettes on his shoulders, later turning to a clear white feather in the middle of his back. So now it is easy to identify him throughout his changes. In these pics watch the barring changes on the brown feathers, knowing the white back feather is the male, and the all brown back is female.


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