BCM Chick Gender - Place Your Bets!

[TheLaboratoryBF]

Full disclosure: I have a DNA gender test pending for this 3-week-old chick (and results should be forthcoming any day now), so I am curious what everyone thinks this little dude/dudette might be.

Stats:

Breed: black copper Marans
Age: 3 weeks old
Source: brought home as day-old straight run chick from NPIP-certified breeder

(...and yes, I know it is too young to do more than just guess at sex, this is just more for fun to see if your hunches/old wive’s tales/experience help you guess correctly, or at least within 99.9% accuracy)

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Pullet!

 

[TheLaboratoryBF]

Pullet!

I hope you are right! I’m taking solace in the fact that even though it’s comb is *SLIGHTLY* more pronounced than the other chicks I have in the brooder (that are sexed pullets), it has no pink tone whatsoever and I don’t see any waddles starting...but this chick has tree trunks for legs, so I’m worried...

I’ve tentatively named it May...as in “May or may not be a boy...”

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Keeping my fingers crossed!

 

[aart]

DNA gender test

How much does that cost?
Did you draw the blood yourself?

I’ve tentatively named it May...as in “May or may not be a boy...”

 

[TheLaboratoryBF]

How much does that cost?
Did you draw the blood yourself?

I used IQ Bird Testing out of Miami, FL, and they charge $11.99/sample for DNA sexing. Yes, just a quick nip (no pun intended) of the toe nail and few drops of blood on the sample card and away you go. Feathers or eggshell can also be submitted but this chick is not old enough for specific feathers needed and I don’t have the shell it hatched out of.

 

[TheLaboratoryBF]

Any more guesses?

 

[Ihavesomechickens]

I like using the wing feather test but it might be too old

as for my guess I think it’s a he

 

[TheLaboratoryBF]

Welp, I just got word from the lab that results are being delayed due to reduced staffing/hours (related to COVID-19 requirements)...no word on when I'll be getting said results, so I guess I'll just have to wait (patience is not my strong suit) so...any more guesses on my chick? I will continue to post pictures as the weeks progress to get a better idea (starting with 4-week-old photos shortly)...it's comb is still the same size and color (flesh colored with no pink whatsoever and no wattles to speak of).

Let me know what you think!

 

[Poultrybonkers]

its a male