Anyone Need Help Sexing Chicks!

[chickenchick12]

Ok, it's super easy and super simple. A 3-4 day old chick that is a female will have 2 layers of primary feathers and a male will have one layer. Also, a female's wing feathers develop faster than a male's. I found a really good video on youtube that had directions. It makes choosing chicks a lot easier.

chickenchick12

 

[keesmom]

Feather sexing only works for birds that are bred for that particular trait. It does not work for all breeds or mixes.

 

[Michael OShay]

Feather sexing only works for birds that are bred for that particular trait. It does not work for all breeds or mixes.

Agreed.

 

[dheltzel]

Feather sexing only works for birds that are bred for that particular trait. It does not work for all breeds or mixes.

Right!
It also only works at hatch, a chick at 3-4 days old, even if a feather sexable cross, will not be sexable any longer. This cross is used for commercial leghorns, where 2 separate lines, one fast and one slow feathering, are used to make sexlink leghorns that look exactly like non-sexlinked ones after a few days.

 

[donrae]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261208/sex-linked-information

go down toward the bottom of the first post, it talks about feather sexing. As the above posters have said, it only works on specific crosses, not every chick.

 

[BantamLover21]

Feather sexing only works for birds that are bred for that particular trait. It does not work for all breeds or mixes.

Agreed.

 

[Wyandottes7]

Feather sexing only works for birds that are bred for that particular trait. It does not work for all breeds or mixes.

X3

 

[jgoldy2]

Anyone know anything about doing it with the vent? I here that works well with all breeds

 

[chickenchick12]

Oh

. Thanks for the extra info. jgoldy2, love the profile pic. Old English, right?

I feel like I don't know anything about chickens now

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chickenchick12

 

[jgoldy2]

Oh

. Thanks for the extra info. jgoldy2, love the profile pic. Old English, right?

I feel like I don't know anything about chickens now

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chickenchick12

My profile pic is a day old speckled sussex, you know the basics on chickens and how to care for them