Chick Sexing question

[SamuelMcF]

can you only sex a chicken by the wing lengths if they are a sex link? or does it apply to all breeds?

 

[HEChicken]

If they are a sex link, you sex by the color of the chick - no need to look at wing feathers. As for the wing sexing method, I believe this works better on some breeds than others and in my experience, works better with day olds than older chicks.

 

[patandchickens]

Feather sexing (the relative lengths of the wing feathers as they first come in on 2-4 day olds) ONLY works if you have chicks from a PARTICULAR CROSS, with particular genotypes of male and female parent. It is not a breed or sexlink thing, therefore, it is a matter of having set up the correct particular mating.

Pat