Here are my Sweetgrass poults. There are 12 of them and they are still small. They were born 4/22. There are too many to try to get individual pictures of. I am simply enjoying them and hoping for at least a pretty even split of males/females.
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I just bought two 2.5 week old Naragansett poults today and there is a very obvious distinction between them. One is easily about 3/4 the size of the other and has a much smaller head and more slender neck. I'm guessing that one to be a female. The other has a block looking head and is wider...
I'm curious of my poults gender just because I have an inquisitive mind and I'm a control freak. lol I have 12 so it will hopefully be safe to say that IF they survive to maturity I will at least get a few females and can cull through the males to choose the best few to keep and breed forward...
There is a way you can "estimate" sex starting at a week old. Get a good gram scale like one for measuring dry ingredients for cooking and obtain their weight weekly in grams. The males will begin to weigh more than the females starting at one week of age. This may not prove to be 100% but it...