3 week BR, is she/he a hen or rooster?

[Carson20034433]

If you're talking about feather sexing, it only works if a slow-feathering breed is bred with a fast-feathered breed. This chick was most likely not bred like that.

Most likely so but I had a slow feathering frizzle bantam (she died today) bred with a slow feather polish easter egger roo!!! And I can tell you exactly the sex of everyone of my chicks every time

 

[Carson20034433]

I feather sex everyone of my chicks and I have 7 on the way!!! I will post pics of how I sex them next week when and if they hatch ()

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Feather sexing doesn’t work on barred rocks though. That’s why I mentioned the barring.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Most likely so but I had a slow feathering frizzle bantam (she died today) bred with a slow feather polish easter egger roo!!! And I can tell you exactly the sex of everyone of my chicks every time

Just curious, how did you know both were slow-feathering? And you did say you had a 90% success rate, not 100%...

 

[Carson20034433]

Just curious, how did you know both were slow-feathering? And you did say you had a 90% success rate, not 100%...

I have had them since they hatched under my oldest hens and they developed slowly and for the 90% I have feather sexed them too late some times.... it can be hard to judge after 5-6 weeks with feather sexing

 

[Frazzemrat1]

I thought that birds bred for feather sexing only worked in the first week or so.

 

[Carson20034433]

I thought that birds bred for feather sexing only worked in the first week or so.

Nope has to be older than a week, younger than 5-6 sometimes 7 weeks

 

[Frazzemrat1]

That’s against everything I ever read about it.

 

[Carson20034433]

That’s against everything I ever read about it.

Nope I’ve done it the past 6-1/2 years of my life

 

[tjo804]

To sex a barred breed from the feathers you look at the color. A male will have wide white/grey bars and a female will have wide black bars. This is a young pullet.

I am NOT! an expert. Going by this standard, I agree pullet. However the stance and comb scream Cockerel to me. I had a bantam Cochin that looked the same. Large comb and King of the Brooder. I named him Lulu hoping he was a pullet. He is now ruler of my coop and comes to the name Lulu-man.

I wish you luck! I hope Frazzemrat is right!