can any "production red" experts tell me if this is a little roo?

[RAREROO]

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How do you figure we are trolling when we are discussing feather sexing and how the OP can possibly use it to sex the birds in question which is the purpose of this thread ???

 

[VelvettFog]

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Please explain, in detail, this to me.

 

[mrs_ed]

ok well it was like 2 or 3 weeks so not sure how id feather cuz it already had tail and no other pr's to compare it to. when i went back a lot of them looked the same so it might have been a pullet who knows. but instead of risk it i got the last little black silkie. now, heres to hoping the silkies actually a girl! thanks all for the help. next time they get the pr's in ill go get some day olds and check their feathers while im there now that I know what kind of feathers im looking for!

 

[partsRheavy]

This discussion regarding feather sexing at hatcheries is very interesting to me. The intent is clearly education rather than trolling.

I'm learning a lot here. This discussion is helping me figure out gender questions among some 3-week old chicks that sort of "happened" here in early December.

 

[mrs_ed]

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it is interesting, you guys are well informed, im enjoying your smarts.

 

[stephanie1992]

i found a nice sight that explains feather sexing

idk if anyones posted it yet.. i havent looked through the pages

http://animalsciences.missouri.edu/reprod/ReproTech/Feathersex/index.htm

 

[mrs_ed]

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Actually it's the opposite.

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https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=261208

so according to this chart, if i have a blue laced red wyandotte roo crossed with barred rock, if its a female she will feather out slower than a male? Im sorry this is so confusing to me im trying to wrap my brain around it.

 

[Lothiriel]

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Actually it's the opposite.

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https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=261208

so according to this chart, if i have a blue laced red wyandotte roo crossed with barred rock, if its a female she will feather out slower than a male? Im sorry this is so confusing to me im trying to wrap my brain around it.

No, I don't think it works the opposite way. But I'm not positive. I don't think that cross would work anyway though, since both Wyandottes and Rocks are slow feathering breeds.

 

[chickened]

According to the chart you need a male of the fast feathering from the left side of the chart crossed with a female from the slow feathering breeds from the right side of the chart and then the pullets produced will be fast feathering and the cocks will be slow feathering. This method is only reliable for less than 3 days but my freind that has a hatchery said some breeds only give about a 6 hour window of opportunity.

The two you listed are from the slow feathering side of the chart you would need a cock from the left column of the chart to cross to your wyandottes and rocks. A brown leghorn would be a good cross.

 

[anderson8505]

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I think it is too soon to tell with your chick. Production reds are different than EEs, in the matter of combing up. I'd wait.