Air sac determines sex.

[MysteryChicken]

Okay, thanks! My chicks are currently 2 1/2 weeks and wondered if I could use your method.

Wouldn't hurt to try though. It'll be an experiment.

 

[Ladybird CA]

Found it on post number 24 and remember that I had seen it. Thanks for the reminder. I’m going to try to remember to do that in a week. It’s going to be midnight soon so that would be April 26.

 

[Ladybird CA]

Since it can be done at 1-3 days but is more clear at a week and that beyond can be an experiment I’m going to experiment with the Buttterfly method this weekend.

 

[Ladybird CA]

Gap means male, no gap female? The younger chicks’ wing pictures were taken at 2:30 today so 24 hours before the 2nd chick hatched at 2:37 pm yesterday but I don’t see any feathers except on the half EE chick. Does that mean 4 males and 1 female?

 

[Ladybird CA]

I think the black or blue silkie is a female. Not sure about the other 3 silkies, a grey and 2 partridge.

 

[Ladybird CA]

Random pictures

Happy Easter!

 

[Ladybird CA]

The light buff polish chick has some curled toes, probably due to inbreeding. I bought the parents as month old chicks that may have been closely related. I took out eggs that may have been from buff polish hen before setting the eggs from my flock which I’m not sure I’ll do as I still have a dozen Easter Egger eggs, a dozen silkie eggs and half a dozen cream legbar eggs that are waiting on the new incubator to arrive on Tuesday which has a capacity of 25 eggs. Chicken math.

Just set 14 eggs tonight: 6 lemon blue OEGB, 4 of the silkie eggs from the same place I got the cream legbar eggs from, and 4 from the satin silkie. I’ll update on specifics at lockdown.

Today was a high of 19 C, low 6 C although I remember Alexa saying it was 20 C this afternoon.

Yesterday the eggs were 5 side air cells, 1 centered. Today 2 centered, one side, one off centre. It’s warmer than yesterday- so far if it’s colder than the day before it’s usually more side air cells and vice versa.

 

[Ladybird CA]

I put sharpie on two of the last polish chicks’ toe nails yesterday but today it disappeared. Now that they are fully dry I can tell them apart: the older chick has black spots on its back. Both chicks came from eggs labeled side air cells.

 

[Ladybird CA]

Pictures from 3 pm, silkies are about a month old, polish and polish crosses about 48 hours old.

EE/Polish cross

Campine/Polish cross

Buff polish (both parents buff polish)

Gold polish x buff polish first chick hatched

Gold polish x buff polish last chick hatched

Silkie w buff tail (tail not in pic)

Silkie with partridge tail

Grey silkie

Blue or black silkie

Pictures after their foot baths in water/vinegar

 

[Slothinc]

@Ladybird CA Do you know that you can try to fix the curly toes on the Polish chick if it’s within the first couple of days. Cute chicks!