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My last batch of 7 chicks that are now 9 weeks old (photos not supplied) - I can confidently say that I have 3 girls in there. All black coloured too. Cheers for you help, I feel very confident sexing chicks from around 7 weeks old now.

Why is this happening? 8% of my chicks are female so far, should it not be more like 50%! I had around 5 hens being fertilized by 2 rooster. My hatch rate is around 60-70%. Next time around I am going to do some sex links, so I can deal with the boys early!

OK, so here are my slightly younger chicks. 8.5 week old Look like all males except for # 2. What do you think?

RE: photo shoot. Yes, there were around 5 times the quantity of photos originally. The photo shoot which included catching all the buggers, took 30 minutes (looking at the first and last time stamp on the picassa photos link - photo details)

Thanks so much for your knowledge and skill. So besides the saddle feathers, please tell me how did you tell? (If you are consciously aware of what you were looking for) Comb & wattles - big and red yes? a hens should be much smaller & paler at that age? Thicker longer legs? General...

6 out of 6 are roosters! That's worse than my last batch that was 5 out of 6! At least my knowledge/guessing was correct :-) Question 2 (while I'm here) Should I wait another 8 weeks or so before slaughter, as to have a decent weight for eating? Gamey-ness / toughness doesn't seem to be an...

Hi, this is my second time raising unsexed chicks. Breed: backyard layers, hybrids, cross, mutts (not sure what the term is) - all bred from my own adult mutts. To me, the males seem to be the ones with the big red combs, but what confuses me is that they all seem to have long thin saddle...