All My Chickens..... a coop opera!

[BY Bob]

Good morning everyone have a wonderful Wednesday


Good morning Bob

Good morning Sue. Have a great hump day!

 

[RoyalChick]

Good morning everyone have a wonderful Wednesday


Good morning Bob

Good morning Grammy and everyone. And Grammy thank you for the reminder I was literally just losing the plot on what day it was. You were there to rescue me.

 

[WhoDatChick]

With that posture I would say you are right to be concerned. Sorry.

Aren’t sex links able to be sexed at hatch by their looks/color? Or am I mistaken... or if they are perhaps the hatcheries still stick a few roosters in the mix just to get rid of them
Of course Cake is the one that just needed to be rescued!!

 

[WhoDatChick]

Good morning everyone! Have a lovely day!

 

[Grammy60]

Good morning Grammy and everyone. And Grammy thank you for the reminder I was literally just losing the plot on what day it was. You were there to rescue me.

I have days that I just get so confused I have to look at my phone or ask

 

[BY Bob]

Aren’t sex links able to be sexed at hatch by their looks/color? Or am I mistaken... or if they are perhaps the hatcheries still stick a few roosters in the mix just to get rid of them
Of course Cake is the one that just needed to be rescued!!

Yes sex links are differentiated by their markings at birth. If this is a sex link it is almost impossible for it to be a boy. I was evaluating on 3 pictures. Not a large set of data. Does she always stand like that? I know Aurora does it a lot.

 

[RoyalChick]

Yes sex links are differentiated by their markings at birth. If this is a sex link it is almost impossible for it to be a boy. I was evaluating on 3 pictures. Not a large set of data. Does she always stand like that? I know Aurora does it a lot.

And Dotty.

 

[WhoDatChick]

Yes sex links are differentiated by their markings at birth. If this is a sex link it is almost impossible for it to be a boy. I was evaluating on 3 pictures. Not a large set of data. Does she always stand like that? I know Aurora does it a lot.

Yes, always like that... and definitely bigger than the others

 

[BY Bob]

Yes, always like that... and definitely bigger than the others

The chick could be older and hence bigger. Let's put that aside.

I will say that I was so concerned with Aurora's appearance and stance that I sent pictures to the breeder to make certain she was a hen. Clearly she is but boy did she look like Jabber for a while. So stance is not an automatic. It just gives me pause because she looks a lot like Ned.

I will also say this and it will not calm your fears. Just because they are auto-sexing and marked differently it does not mean someone at the breeders did not accidentally grab a boy when shipping the chicks. In a way it might make sense because the chick was there a alone. People who know who came to buy might not have chosen that chick because they knew it was marked like a boy.

Please post a picture of the chick from the top from back when you got it and maybe we can suss this out.

 

[WhoDatChick]

The chick could be older and hence bigger. Let's put that aside.

I will say that I was so concerned with Aurora's appearance and stance that I sent pictures to the breeder to make certain she was a hen. Clearly she is but boy did she look like Jabber for a while. So stance is not an automatic. It just gives me pause because she looks a lot like Ned.

I will also say this and it will not calm your fears. Just because they are auto-sexing and marked differently it does not mean someone at the breeders did not accidentally grab a boy when shipping the chicks. In a way it might make sense because the chick was there a alone. People who know who came to buy might not have chosen that chick because they knew it was marked like a boy.

Please post a picture of the chick from the top from back when you got it and maybe we can suss this out.

Okay... that makes sense...
I’ll try to get better pics...