3 week old bantam Cochins help me sex me....

[SBFChickenGirl]

Ok hopefully these help... here's what i was looking at, and have gotten soooo good at picking girls from the bantam bin..

Here is cinnamon.. my only boy.. picked him knowing he might be a boy because i loved his coloring (mille fleur).. but my hunch wasn't wrong.. see how obvious the little spikes were, this was just as i brought him home, so a few days old..

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Here is Minnie (female) with cinnamon again.. notice his tail isn't developed and his wing feathers have that distinct L shape.. the females get full wing length feathers right from the start..

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Here is Minnie again, i think at 2 weeks.. you can see even if the comb is starting to pop up, it's smooth.. look at her cheeksies
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And a close up of her wing, the feathers all reach back.. no gap like on cinnamon

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Another close up of Minnie's comb

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Here they are all piled up.. 3 to the left are all D'uccles.. and Cinnimon was so tiny in comparison.. but you can see that comb is a sharp ridge sticking up. He was younger than Minnie by a week.. but the comb was still ahead of hers.



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So between the comb and the L shape, you should be able to see which are males.. if you have a vibe it might be male, it probably is. Take your time picking them.. this last time i picked 4 out of 5 successful females from the bantams, and got 5 out of 6 on my first pick! (I studied chick pics like a weirdo before i went in).

I have d'uccles that I'm hoping to hatch from so this was really helpful!

 

[AngBantamLuv]

I have d'uccles that I'm hoping to hatch from so this was really helpful!

Oh good!! I hope they are clear enough.. of course i will stressed, but the differences were apparent pretty early.. i did have one female that had some pink to her comb.. but it was super smooth.. smooth is more important for sexing w D'uccles.

Good luck with your hatch!! Take pics! And comb closeups!!

 

[SBFChickenGirl]

Oh good!! I hope they are clear enough.. of course i will stressed, but the differences were apparent pretty early.. i did have one female that had some pink to her comb.. but it was super smooth.. smooth is more important for sexing w D'uccles.

Good luck with your hatch!! Take pics! And comb closeups!!

I won't be putting eggs in the bator till around Xmas, but when I do I'll defineitly make a hatch a long thread!

 

[Lacey Gardner]

Ok hopefully these help... here's what i was looking at, and have gotten soooo good at picking girls from the bantam bin..

Here is cinnamon.. my only boy.. picked him knowing he might be a boy because i loved his coloring (mille fleur).. but my hunch wasn't wrong.. see how obvious the little spikes were, this was just as i brought him home, so a few days old..

View attachment 2396491

Here is Minnie (female) with cinnamon again.. notice his tail isn't developed and his wing feathers have that distinct L shape.. the females get full wing length feathers right from the start..

View attachment 2396492
Here is Minnie again, i think at 2 weeks.. you can see even if the comb is starting to pop up, it's smooth.. look at her cheeksies
View attachment 2396493

And a close up of her wing, the feathers all reach back.. no gap like on cinnamon

View attachment 2396494
Another close up of Minnie's comb

View attachment 2396495

Here they are all piled up.. 3 to the left are all D'uccles.. and Cinnimon was so tiny in comparison.. but you can see that comb is a sharp ridge sticking up. He was younger than Minnie by a week.. but the comb was still ahead of hers.



View attachment 2396496

So between the comb and the L shape, you should be able to see which are males.. if you have a vibe it might be male, it probably is. Take your time picking them.. this last time i picked 4 out of 5 successful females from the bantams, and got 5 out of 6 on my first pick! (I studied chick pics like a weirdo before i went in).

So helpful!!! Thanks for sharing!!! I am going to study these pics before I go pick them out next time!