Feather sexting ?

[jennyg]

Just found out about sexting by feathers.
I hatched three chicks, two yesterday one today. The one from today isn't old enough/ dry enough
But here are the others. So far one pullet one cockerel, see if yall agree or have input. I know it isn't 100% and I will find out as weeks go on

 

[jennyg]

Nobody?

 

[keesmom]

Feather sexing only works for certain hybrids and strains bred for the trait. You will know sex in another 4-5 weeks.

 

[Dreysander]

What the above poster said, for feather sexing to be accurate you need a fast feathering male crossed with a slow feathering female. I tried to feather sex newborn chicks before I knew that and ended up with 3 females and a male.

 

[TheRambler]

The title had me laughing thinking of baby chicks running around with cell phones taking lude photos of one another. It's sexing, and I agree wih the others. It really only works with certain breeds.

 

[MagicPidge]

The title had me laughing thinking of baby chicks running around with cell phones taking lude photos of one another. It's sexing, and I agree wih the others. It really only works with certain breeds.

Me too!

 

[Folly's place]

Love it! Mary

 

[thick chick]

Is it true at a week or two old. Chuck with tail feathers are female

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Is it true at a week or two old. Chuck with tail feathers are female

It is a generalization that can be used as one clue to use in early assessment, but it is not a hard/fast characteristic that you should use to make a definitive sexing based decision -- it is one piece of the puzzle that can be used to start early sorting into the "maybe male/maybe female" groupings