Choosing chicks

[Irishmom80]

I saw on Facebook about how a baby chicks wing can show what sex. Is this true?

 

[FernwoodHollow]

I saw on Facebook about how a baby chicks wing can show what sex. Is this true?

Wing sexing or feather sexing when chicks are really young is really only doable for very specific breeds. Generally you're looking at when the wing is spread out the roundness of the feathers and if it looks more like a butterfly wing where the top part is longer than the bottom. But generally speaking most breeds can't be sexed based on Wing or feather shape. At least until they get older and they already have other identifying characteristics

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

True Wing Feather Sexing is a trait that must be bred specifically four by crossing the fast and slow feathering parent stock, and it must be done within the first three days of hatch. All other applications of this technique are nothing more than a matter of luck as to whether or not your prediction based on looking at the wing feathers turns out to be true
Outside of auto sexing breeds or sex-linked (chicks bred for the wing feather sexing trait would fall under this category) the only true method of chick sexing is vent sexing and that has about an 85 to 90% accuracy rate when done by the most experienced professional.... this is the method that is used by hatcheries when they send their chicks out whether it be to a private buyer or retailers such as your local Farm Store who are selling sex pullets