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Eight weeks old, barely have feathers, leggy, goofy looking little dinosaur bodies. But wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. BTW, yes, I can sex them this week. Finally.

Speckledhen is right. It is a combination of art and science and experience. The birds don't always know the "rules", such as leg wash. Ha!! Lots of cockerels come with leg wash. Even some pullets break the "rules" by feathering in bright and sprout combs and wattles far too soon; for the...

At five weeks, the cockerels and pullets, with hatchery grade breeding, are down right straight forward to sex. Mostly, the difference is night and day, when sitting side by side. Pullets tend to feather in dark, have front leg wash, and will not sprout combs or wattles until later in...