Are pearls feather sexable? What else?

[Urbanhomestead_ut]

Are pearls feather sexable?

I was told they might be because they are like Pharoah type. Here is a 3 week old. Any thoughts?

Also, What else is feather sexable?
Pharoah
Italian
Anything else?

 

[shrimpsilkies]

Any morph that has chest speckles and a face mask is generally feather sexable. That would be anything with a wildtype base like Falb Fee, Pharaoh, Roux, some Silvers, and gold based, such as Italian, Manchurian, and Pearl Fee. In pearls males should have a white spotless breast and females should have a lot to a few spots. Italian gene can be variable and one of my hens has just a little “necklace” of spots, if it weren’t for the fact that her face mask is black instead of red you’d think she might be a male. I don’t think pearls would have a difference in face mask color because they lack warm tones in their plumage.

I can’t really tell from your picture. It might be too young.

 

[Urbanhomestead_ut]

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[Urbanhomestead_ut]

Any morph that has chest speckles and a face mask is generally feather sexable. That would be anything with a wildtype base like Falb Fee, Pharaoh, Roux, some Silvers, and gold based, such as Italian, Manchurian, and Pearl Fee. In pearls males should have a white spotless breast and females should have a lot to a few spots. Italian gene can be variable and one of my hens has just a little “necklace” of spots, if it weren’t for the fact that her face mask is black instead of red you’d think she might be a male. I don’t think pearls would have a difference in face mask color because they lack warm tones in their plumage.

I can’t really tell from your picture. It might be too young.

Thank you. I'll keep watching and see if it gets more spotting.