Feather sexing

[Lorraine Forster]

I have 4, almost 3 week old, Mille Fleurs d'Uccle chicks. I have attached photos of their wings in hope someone out there will be able to take an educated guess at their sex.

Beige feathers #1

Dark feathers #2

White feathers #3

Beige tipped feathers #4

 

[Ihavesomechickens]

They might be too old to be feather sexed
You can sometimes use their personalities to determine the gender, as shy timid ones tend to be females, while the ones that sorta herd the others are often males.

 

[Lorraine Forster]

The biggest one, the white one, was the first to sit on a perch and seems to patrol the crate while the others eat???

 

[Daisy the Silkie]

With all of my roosters and hens, all of the roosters have randomly placed feathers on their wings. All of my hens have nice/neat rows of feathers on their wings. Also, all of my rooster chicks developed combs and waddles before the hens. So I'm thinking, all of your chicks are female. Just a guess. I may be wrong.

 

[Operachicken]

I have two babies. Totally different personalities. Both have little yellow combs that just came in at 4 weeks and no wattle, the breeder I got them from says they are female. The feathers came in fast on one (the shy one who thinks everyone should give a piggie back ride) and a little slower on the other.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Feather sexing on works the first 3 days and only works when its a fast feathering male bird over a slow feathering female bird.

 

[Lorraine Forster]

At age 3 weeks one day none of them have a comb or sign of a waddle. Their feathers all came in at the same time and in the same order. I keep looking for differences but they all seem to be the same except for one that is a tiny bit bigger. Maybe I hit the jackpot and they are all hens!!! Fingers crossed.

 

[The WinterWolf]

when they get neck feathers in let me know and ill tell you guys their genders for sure

 

[The Moonshiner]

when they get neck feathers in let me know and ill tell you guys their genders for sure

Oh ya?
How do you tell then?

 

[The WinterWolf]

rounded neck feathers means pullet, pointed means cockrel it worked very well with my flock