The chicks I hatch with yellow heads and a light stripe on the head are males. Almost, all the very dark brown headed chicks I hatch are females. Leg color and size is also a good indicator. The males have thicker yellow legs, while the pullets have yellow legs with brown dusting.can you tell the sex of partridge chicks by there stripes/down colour?
On a rare occasion, I hatch cockerels with the dark heads and legs. I cull them, as they don't mature into the proper coloration.
The chicks with in-between colors, are harder to sex. But, give them a couple of weeks and they will be easy to sex by their feather color.
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