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4 chicks 7-10 weeks old what sex?

post #1 of 8
4/22/12 at 9:15pm
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Buff Chochin 9-10 weeks

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Danish Brown Leghorn 8-9 weeks

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Silver Laced Wyandotte 8-9 weeks

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Buff Orpington 7-8 weeks

 

My gut says all girls.. I have 8 chickens but the other are sex linked.. gold and black :) So hopefully they are girls but I worry less about the sex links :) Thanks for any input.. I am new to chickens. :)

 

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post #2 of 8
4/22/12 at 9:29pm

I agree with your gut - all girls! You're lucky - send me some of that pullet luck!  :)

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post #3 of 8
4/22/12 at 9:53pm
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yay :)

they are so much fun :)

 

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post #4 of 8
4/22/12 at 10:29pm

all pullets

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post #5 of 8
4/23/12 at 3:39am

Agree, all girls!
 

Hug a hen! Silver Laced, Partridge, Partridge Bantam, Blue/Black/Splash and BLR Wyandottes...with more on the way!

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Hug a hen! Silver Laced, Partridge, Partridge Bantam, Blue/Black/Splash and BLR Wyandottes...with more on the way!

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post #6 of 8
4/23/12 at 5:16am

I think I read somewhere that the hen determines the sex of thee chicken so keep their mother if you have her!  the reason being the chromozones are zy for a female chicken and yy for a female mammal (human) so when you do the punnet square the female chicken determines it so maybe you'll get a lot if pullets from her  or i have no clue what im talking about lol but her genes anyway must be good for producing pullets
 

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post #7 of 8
4/23/12 at 6:27am
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Yay thanks for all the input.. I bought 6 at our feed supply. But 2 died :( They were all supposed to be pullets so I am glad they are. When they were coop ready I bought 4 more close in age from a breeder locally and introduced them in equal numbers. The new chickens went to the coop before the 4 I had in hopes that my 4 I had would take more to the new enviorment and new chickens who did not have a pecking order yet without much squabble. It worked well only one was temporarily picked on but I gave her places to hide because she was the smallest. Now they are all doing well. They love treats and catching  bugs.. I am so excited for their first egg in 10 weeks or so.

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post #8 of 8
4/27/12 at 12:22pm
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These are the girls at 11-12 weeks.. I thought I should post these because they grow so fast. My silverlaced is getting some waddles and turning a little red in the comb and waddle at times but its seems to not stay. Is it normal for the color to change day to day?

 

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