Sexing marans chicks (wheaten & black copper)

[fiveidahoboys]

Agree!
Too many people think they can feather sex chicks, I see it all the time when people come to pick up day olds from me and they think they can feather sex them. They don’t understand that it has to be very specific genetics for that to actually work.

If it is not an auto sexing breed or sex linked hybrid that you are getting, then buying "sexed" day old "pullets" from a breeder is optimistic at best, more likely naïve. Professional chick sexers are few and far between. Private breeders do not usually have enough chicks hatching on a given day to warrant a professional to visit and sex them.....So beware of a private breeder claiming to sell sexed day old chicks!