Buckeye sexing help

[Dinosaur Village Keeper]

None of my chicks ever had white anywhere on them, ever. The two sexes are indistinguishable until about 12 weeks. Your 2 chicks both have white faces which, to me, is highly suspect. I have photos of my chicks from day 1 to maturity and just got done looking through them. I don't see white faces on any of my birds. I would not breed them if they had white on them, it is a fault.

If you would like to look through the photos on my Google Drive you can. There are a few EEs mixed in with them, they were raised together.

Oh my! They aren’t even supposed to have white faces at this age?? I requested access to see your pictures. If I have a male, he needs to be Caponized as quickly as possible so that he can stay living with his chicken family! We already have two roosters and any more and they will just fight and hurt each other. I don’t breed or anything like that so it doesn’t matter about their quality. I got all of my chickens from Chickens For Backyards.

 

[Dinosaur Village Keeper]

Was it perhaps this article from Cackle Hatchery?

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/22-autosex-breeds-of-chickens-and-geese/

The article states, regarding Buckeye, New Hampshire Red and Buff Orpington chicks:

“Males have a white or cream-colored spot on each upper wing.

Females have either a dark spot on the head or dorsal stripes along the back.”

I initially took this to be true for all pure Buckeyes etc. regardless of where they were bred, but I believe it’s either only true of Cackle’s lines, or maybe just something you can potentially breed for. I’m no expert, and would love to know if anyone else knows more. As far as I have heard, these three breeds are not normally considered to be autosexing.

Yes, I did read that as well. Mine seemed to fit some of those traits right when I got them, but some overlapped.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Was it perhaps this article from Cackle Hatchery?

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/22-autosex-breeds-of-chickens-and-geese/

The article states, regarding Buckeye, New Hampshire Red and Buff Orpington chicks:

“Males have a white or cream-colored spot on each upper wing.

Females have either a dark spot on the head or dorsal stripes along the back.”

I initially took this to be true for all pure Buckeyes etc. regardless of where they were bred, but I believe it’s either only true of Cackle’s lines, or maybe just something you can potentially breed for. I’m no expert, and would love to know if anyone else knows more. As far as I have heard, these three breeds are not normally considered to be autosexing.

I am no expert at all. But in all the reading and looking at all things Buckeye I’ve never heard of them being autosexing until this article. What blows my mind is that the article is by Gail Damerow, author of a ton of books on chickens, and whom I thought is considered a chicken expert!