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- Mar 14, 2017
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I have read a few facts on chicks and there sexing and growing ways I was just wondering if these are true or not!
1) female chicks feather more quickly
2) females have rounded feathers round there necks whilst the males have pointed ones
3) rounded eggs = females
Pointed = males
4) males grow there combs quicker
5) female combs flop over whilst male ones stay “erect”
If all of these are true apart from the comb developing one then I have 4 females and one male but all the ones with rounded neck feathers and feather more quickly with flopped combs have got larger combs than the one that feathered slower has very small comb and pointed neck feathers!
Any tips on how to sex them as they are 11 weeks old now. I have been comparing them to the growth of the cream legbars chicks I brought and our roo has just started to crow and has got pointed neck feathers and took longer to get feathers and has a smaller comb than his female friends.
But crossbreads (light Sussex x green egg layers) can probs be totally different
Any tips on sexing would be appreciated!
1) female chicks feather more quickly
2) females have rounded feathers round there necks whilst the males have pointed ones
3) rounded eggs = females
Pointed = males
4) males grow there combs quicker
5) female combs flop over whilst male ones stay “erect”
If all of these are true apart from the comb developing one then I have 4 females and one male but all the ones with rounded neck feathers and feather more quickly with flopped combs have got larger combs than the one that feathered slower has very small comb and pointed neck feathers!
Any tips on how to sex them as they are 11 weeks old now. I have been comparing them to the growth of the cream legbars chicks I brought and our roo has just started to crow and has got pointed neck feathers and took longer to get feathers and has a smaller comb than his female friends.
But crossbreads (light Sussex x green egg layers) can probs be totally different
Any tips on sexing would be appreciated!