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With lady amherst I have been able to sex them this way from day old onwards. So assuming it's the same for Golden's.
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I'm curious about this, too. I checked my red gold pheasant chicks (just over five weeks old) last night and all seemed to have the same color iris - more of a green than cream or brown. The only difference I could see was that one of the five chicks had quite a bit of distinct barring on its tail feathers. Is this useful in determining sex at this age or just typical plumage variation?At what age is the eye color apparent (before feathering)?
I've seen Amherst x Golden crosses that had dark olive colored legs with blotches of yellow, although, usually they will have blue/grey colored legs. They also have a cream/white-ish colored iris in the males, same as with a pure Amherst male. When in doubt, just skip it, unless you just want a Amherst x Golden. This has been my observations, yours may differ, there's too many variables with crosses.As an aside to tell the amherst and golden birds apart amhersts have blue legs, a more reddish forehead, barring on the tail, and do not have a yellow beak or forehead like the golden birds. Just putting this out on this thread since we are talking about the two species and there are alot of hybrids out there to watch for.
Yeah, I miss the old days when Red Goldens where just called Goldens. Yellow Goldens where called "Lemon pheasants". Peach, Cinnimon, Silver, Salmon, Tangerine, Mahogany and Splashes weren't yet even thought about in the pheasant fancier world. Probably call them "Rainbow", because they get a pot of gold from an unsuspecting buyer! LOLI had my first non-ringnecks sold to me as "red goldens" turns out they were half and halfs. They are gone now but another thing to watch out for is if someone sells you a "rainbow pheasant" as it's just a polished sales gimmick for a hybrid bird.