chick sexing

  1. faithsbrood

    Lavender ameraucana and silkie hybrid chicks. Can the sex be determined through wing sexing? Help!

    Hi all, I have two recently hatched (just a day old) chicks that I’m wondering can be sexed. There is a lavender ameraucana and another one crossed with a silkie. From what my knowledge is, I’d assume we have a hen and a roo- but I’m not very sure. May anyone help? Thanks!
  2. M

    6 week old Easter Egger, pullet or cockerel?

    This is my sweetest chicken, one of my Easter Eggers. I’m so hoping it ends up being a hen. But the new spots of red are throwing me off. Any guesses? 6 weeks old today. The gold one is her EE sister. Also added a photo of all my (hopefully) girls from today!
  3. A

    Easter eggers, roosters or hens?

    So today at Tractor Supply they had Easter Eggers but they were straight run. 😩 I already have a monster of a rooster so I don’t need any more. The lady working said she can “somewhat” determine the sex by the wings but couldn’t guarantee it. Some had very distinct wings and some it was hard to...
    • Amber87
    • Thread
    • americunas baby chicks chick sexing chicks easter eggers hens roosters sexing
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  4. froggyphore

    male or female chick?

    i know vent sexing isn’t for the unskilled but i’m curious. i have a silky chick who got pasty bum, and after cleaning and checking their vent, i noticed a small bump protruding. is it possible that chick is a future roo? tyia
  5. TheAlrightyGina

    Chick Sexing Project: To Be Continued?

    Hey everrbody! I'm sure those of you that frequent this forum ("What Breed Or Gender is This?") have noticed that stickied thread, Chick Sexing Project, started by @Direchicken, who seems to be inactive. I finally made my way through it and found that it has kinda...fallen apart. What was meant...
  6. H

    Cream leg bar chicks

    Hi everyone, I have been a few eggs in my incubator 2 of them were cream legbars and hatched yesterday but I don’t know if the are male or female, please can anyone help and tell me what they are. Thanks.
  7. TheAlrightyGina

    Silkie Sexing Project 2.0

    Hey BYCers (and random people from the internet who wandered in)! Last year, I did a project to try to determine the sex of Silkies with greater than 50-50 success before 9 weeks of age using growth rate. The results were mixed, I believe in part because I didn't exclude chicks that arrived...
  8. NatureGirl74

    Hen or Rooster

    I have a 12 week old chick. Not sure if its a hen or a rooster. I thought it was a hen, but it acts like a rooster. I need to know whether or not to put it with my other hens.
  9. StardustChicken

    Sexing Polish Chick

    My buff laced polish chick recently turned 4 weeks a couple of days ago on the first (9/1/2020). It's my first time raising a polish, are they old enough or do I need to wait longer to sex them similar to silkies?
  10. JMBern

    Speckled Sussex Pair Boy/Girl?

    I have two Speckled Sussex chicks they I picked them up on the same day. given that they may be a day or two different in age its definitely not a week or so different. the first three images are of Houdini Or Houdina though I'm believing more and more that it's a cockerel. there is even some...
  11. Jes78b

    Silkie sexing / silkie cross sexing

    Okay... so it's been a minute...but I'm gonna try to create a post and add pictures..pause for dramatic effect... of my chicks at 8 weeks old. This is clutch of 9, lovely mixed breed chicks. Dad is a buff bearded silkie and mom is a mix also of blue silkie and very golden EE. She is a beautiful...
    • Jes78b
    • Thread
    • 8 week old barnyard mix chick sexing easter egger easter egger sexing ee sexing help silkie silkie cross silkie sexing
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: What Breed Or Gender is This?
  12. E

    Two Barred Rock chicks (I think!) sexing help!

    Hi! I am new to chicken raising and I recently purchased 8 chicks from TSC. I have had them 5 weeks. I have two straight run barred rocks, and they couldn’t look more different. One is very dark with minimal bars, and already has a pretty significant comb and wattle compared to all other chicks...
  13. M

    Two week Olive Eggers

    I have two, 2 week olive eggers and I think they are both roos! They both have pronounced combs and it looks like flaps for waddles. Is it possible to tell? I uploaded some pictures so you can see. They are my only Olive eggers and was so hoping for girls! Do those look like waddles? My others...
  14. LeggyLeghorn

    cockerel not fond of chick

    It seems to me that my cockerel, 10 months old SilkixPolish, has it out for one of the chicks. The chicks are 6 weeks old, SilkiexPolish. The chick, the youngest so perhaps it is 5 weeks old, seems healthy to me. The chick is generally fine within the flock. This happened this morning: I...
  15. Mikaela Taylor

    6-7 week old Silkie genders

    Hello! I was wondering if anyone wanted to help me determine the sex of our 6-7 week old silkie chicks! The black on is definitely a boy. I've see him crowing already :) thank you!!
  16. GoldpartridgeHen

    Cocks or Pullets???

    Attached are my chicks, one partridge cochin, and one cuckoo marans i'm 90% sure the marans is a cockerel, but i'm hoping the partridge cochin is a pullet? What does anyone think?
  17. DragonParadigm

    Buff Orpington? Sex?

  18. W

    Can't find article!

    When I logged in this AM, there was a fascinating article about an ongoing experiment trying out different ways, ie "old wives tales," of sexing chicks. There were 10-15 methods being evaluated, from needle-swinging to wing shape to scattering when startled. It was filled with graphs and pics...
  19. backyardchicks

    8 week Black Sizzle Silkie - Does Copper in Hackles say Rooster?

    I have an 8 week Black Sizzle Silkie. It has started to develop copper in its hackle feathers. Does this mean that it is a rooster?
  20. CatchaTorriFarms

    How to: Vent Sex/Feather Sex Day Old Chicks?

    So your hatching your own chicks. Question is how do you properly vent sex? Where do you learn it from? Does anyone know truly how its done and could demonstrate or teach it? I understand its an art, where would one go to learn such a skill that would be a viable asset to ones poultry farm...
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