Americaunas?

[featherhead007]

That's near me? Well then, you probably hear Ben crow every morning!

You are north of Fresno. Near BELT hatchery in fresno. lucky you. They have great birds there.

 

[bantambliss]

So will flipping a coin, or rolling dice.

There are some breeds in which ALL chicks feather out as "female" and other breeds where ALL chicks feather out as "male" and some where it's completely random.

The ONLY time you can sex a chick by wing feathers is if someone carefully selected the parents--mother must have the "male" feathering, father must have the "female" feathering for it to work right. (And if you tried to sex those parents by their feathering, you would have them exactly backwards!)

Sorry, I had never heard of that... just putting out a suggestion. I didn't know that it would only work on certain chicks.

 

[purrson]

These are her parents.

wish I knew what they are.

 

[featherhead007]

With some birds, you really can't tell the gender until they either crow, lay an egg, or both.
yes I'm kidding!

 

[NatJ]

Sorry, I had never heard of that... just putting out a suggestion. I didn't know that it would only work on certain chicks.

I'm sorry if that came out rudely; I just wanted anyone reading this thread to know for future, so they won't accidentally spread the partly-correct info even farther.

And I just realized--when I was talking about "male" or "female" feathering, I should have been more precise: I'm talking about the first feathers in a chick's wings, not the saddle/hackle feathers of adult chickens.

 

[Mamatomany123]

With some birds, you really can't tell the gender until they either crow, lay an egg, or both.
yes I'm kidding!

I know someone whose egg laying hen started crowing. Really confused her for a while. She knew she didnt have any roosters but kept hearing crowing.

 

[ErnieBerley]

u people are into the macabe

 

[featherhead007]

I'm sorry if that came out rudely; I just wanted anyone reading this thread to know for future, so they won't accidentally spread the partly-correct info even farther.

And I just realized--when I was talking about "male" or "female" feathering, I should have been more precise: I'm talking about the first feathers in a chick's wings, not the saddle/hackle feathers of adult chickens.

Alright, thank you for the clarification. Now get down and give me 20 push ups!

 

[bantambliss]

I know someone whose egg laying hen started crowing. Really confused her for a while. She knew she didnt have any roosters but kept hearing crowing.

could have been spontaneous sex reversal... sometimes it happens.

 

[Mamatomany123]

could have been spontaneous sex reversal... sometimes it happens.

That's what we think happened because once she started crowing she also stopped laying eggs.