- Mar 3, 2012
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What breed was the male/female in this cross? If the female was the CL in the cross than the chicks will be sex linked identifiable by a head spot or not. If the cross was the other way around than it is not a sex link cross and you will have to wait to see who is male or female.I just had a batch of Austrolorp/Crested Cream Legbars hatch. I wing sexed them at a day old and based on the feather patterns(long-short-long-short) I thought I had all pullet. Many of them are doing that sparring/chest bump behavior now at 3 weeks old. Does anyone know if its a problem using the wing sexing technique with either the Austrolorps or the Legbars, or is that behavior often seen in young pullets as well as cockerels?
I believe wing sexing only works for certain breeds that are bred to maintain that characteristic, I don't believe that is reliable in mixed breeds.
All chicks spar and chest bump, not just males.