Chick sexing project

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What a great idea. I have Marans and Buff Sussex. They are only 10 and 11 weeks old. Can’t yet tell 100% what is girl or boy but take pictures and records on a weekly basis which I’m happy to share!!!
 
They aren't very grown out yet but the differences between a Delaware cockeral and pullet are luckily easy to spot :) heres one of my boys and my young girl, the boys combs redden out very fast even easy in middle of winter like these guys and often have dirty paterning in first feathers when hatchery bred, while girls tend to be majorly white except around neck base and tail which is often solid black to the boys barred. I'll post more once they've grown. Delaware coloring on neck should always be barred not solid black stripes like a Sussex.
Dolly(pullet) is getting more neck barring now but I don't have a good enough pic for the moment :)
 

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I have a four week old chick, mixed breed and unsure of what breeds, any clue on gender?
2 days old:
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3/4 Weeks old
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I can add more pictures in a few hours if needed. some of these are from a few days ago.
 
These are my 10 week 3 day old buff brahmas. From early on I have wondered if I had 1 Roo (top left), 1 questionable (top right), and 2 pullets (bottom two). Thoughts? As they mature I’ll keep posting
 

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Hi All,

We have started a project to assemble collections of photos to help people trying to sex their chicks. What we are aiming for, for each breed included in this project, is a collection of photos showing chicks of both genders at as wide a variety of ages as possible, up to an age where differences between male and female are obvious. Such a resource will allow people to see at a glance how old their chicks should be before they have a go at discriminating males from females. For most breeds, it should be possible to use such a collection of photos to either confirm or dismiss previously suggested diagnostic features, and it may even be possible to identify new features to help pick out birds of one gender or the other.

The most valuable photos will be those that show the same chicks at a variety of different ages, ranging from before to after their gender is apparent from the photos. Moreover, these photos should clearly show those features that are most useful for discriminating the gender of the relevant breed. Such series of photos are not nearly as easy to find on the internet as one might think! If you already have such a series of photos that you'd be willing to share, that's great. If you don't, but are currently (or shortly to be) raising chicks, please consider taking regular photos of them as they grow older, until they are old enough that their gender is clear. If you have a run of more than one chick of a particular breed, such a series of photos could be particularly useful, but of course you should make sure that the identity of individual chicks can be tracked through the series. In many cases this will be possible due to individual markings of the chicks, but if the chicks are sufficiently similar it may be useful to mark them yourself in some way (e.g. by loosely tying coloured ribbon or thread around their legs), or by putting a spot of waterproof marker pen on their beak.

Anyone interested in contributing to this project should get in touch with me. Together with Rob (aka Nifty-Chicken) I have set up a very rudimentary prototype showing roughly what form the resource could take (for just a couple of breeds) here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=102688-sexing-different-breeds

I'm tinkering away with this, but Rob and I are hoping that soon this project will get to a point where it will be possible for contributors to add photos themselves. However, we're not quite there yet, and until then, it would be really helpful if you could make yourselves (and the breeds you are interested in) known to us (so we can contact you when the resource is ready) and start assembling series of photos of chicks of known age and (initially) unknown genders. Also, spread the word – the more people contribute to this resource the more helpful it will be. The breeds that we cover will be determined by the breeds that people show an interest in, but basically any breed that can't be sexed straight after hatching would be suitable for inclusion.

Thanks in advance for your interest!

Mark
Sounds like a great project that a lot of people would be interested in seeing!
 
great idea! I am kind of crazy about taking pictures. I have various chicks to adult pictures. I have many EE, leghorn pullets, a Ancona (pictures from day one) pullet, new hamphsire, Black sex link and some more

Example. Ancona pullet (stumped many on here, I have been told she is a roo many times.)
**1 week***
dottie-1.jpg

dottie-2.jpg


***3 weeks***
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***4 weeks***
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****5weeks***
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***7 months***
Image10.jpg


***9 months**
Image5-1.jpg
Wow
 

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