Feather Sexing Baby Chicks Help!

Thread starter Evanloveschickens
Start date May 4, 2020

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May 9, 2020

rosemarythyme

Scarborough Fair

9 Years

Evanloveschickens said:
Everybody: I’m pretty sure the first chick is a female! If the chicks are of one week of age, apparently you can check the tail feathers, and the hens tail feathers would already be growing.

That *can* be an indicator of sex but not always accurate.

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