EE chicks--roo or pullet?

[tjb]

Can anyone give it a try, please?? 4 diff chicks

TIA

any ideas.... 4 chicks

 

[h2oratt]

How old are they?

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Not yet sexable..... give it another 2-3 weeks

 

[tjb]

2-3 weeks... thank you! I just very anxious to see if I have any pullets. Have 12 more on day 10 incubating. reading about moving these outside to get acclimated with the older hens. Any thoughts on transitioning them this early?

 

[Coturnix Quail]

Not yet sexable..... give it another 2-3 weeks

I agree.. Wait a little longer.

 

[h2oratt]

Do you have a heat lamp outside where you want to take them?

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

2-3 weeks... thank you! I just very anxious to see if I have any pullets. Have 12 more on day 10 incubating. reading about moving these outside to get acclimated with the older hens. Any thoughts on transitioning them this early?

If you can supplement heat and have the space to provide safe space for the little ones I'd do it now... iur really does simplify the whole process

 

[tjb]

Do you have a heat lamp outside where you want to take them?

I have one to set up... They shouldn't need one much longer. once the weather calms down our lows at night is usually around 80.

 

[tjb]

If you can supplement heat and have the space to provide safe space for the little ones I'd do it now... iur really does simplify the whole process

I will be building something up, will take about a week. They will be 3/4 weeks by then. As soon as I can tell the roos apart, they will be rehomed. Unless it is the runt, we will have to keep it...
the oldest by a week and half the size of the rest.

 

[lazy gardener]

With night time temps in the 80's they could easily go out with a huddle box or a wool hen if they were trained to it first. Of course you will have to give them a safe section in their coop. Azygous is the queen of early integration. Look for red shoulder and chest patches on those 4. That would indicate male. #1 looks female based on feather color. But, really too early to tell.