Flarry eye grey

[JadeFarms]

The curious, friendly, favorite chick will usually turn out to be the unwanted gender (male). But since you do want a male, I wonder what this one will be?

I know, the males are always the best it seems. But I’m fine with a bachelor flock with unwanted Roos, I know you can’t do that with these though I’m pretty sure.

In grays, whether silver or gold duckwing, I do not expect to see any feather differences between sexes until they are pushing 4 weeks old. Then look for feathers on back that lack pattern and appear darker on males. Females will have a much more even pattern on back and body as a whole. Then be looking for smokey grey feathers coming in on breast. Generally before feathers become evident, males pull ahead in terms of comb development. It takes a group to see that pattern play out early so you know what to look for. There will be inaccuracy with using comb so early.

A gold duckwing stag I have could not be sexed based on feathering until he was pushing 8 weeks old as color development is big timed delayed in some. He will look a lot like yours except gold duckwing rather than silver duckwing yours are likely to be, and he will have blue legs while I bet yours will have willow legs.

When you have a small number of chicks, odd decent all will be one sex or another by chance alone. I have had two broods of seven where each had only one male just within the last two months.

Okay that’s helpful. Im just so excited to see their gender.

 

[JadeFarms]

I train them to be pets and to be teaching tools for kids.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/ambassadors-for-the-farm.407880/#post-4947275

That’s really cool!

 

[centrarchid]

Get some live meal worms and train them to come when called by respective names. They can learn names in minutes if you are consistent. When I have chicks that look alike, then they are marked with sharpie pens on their heads.

 

[JadeFarms]

Get some live meal worms and train them to come when called by respective names. They can learn names in minutes if you are consistent. When I have chicks that look alike, then they are marked with sharpie pens on their heads.

I’ve been doing that, my favorite jumps into my hand to see me. I named them Raptor, Falcon and Attack for a reason . Attack is the one that’s best trained and ismy favorite. It’s the lighter one.

 

[centrarchid]

By 10 days you should be able to get them to fly 6 feet for the meal worms.

 

[JadeFarms]

By 10 days you should be able to get them to fly 6 feet for the meal worms.

Okay cool! I have a Leghorn and olive egger trained to fly on me. I hope I can teach them to do that too! Attack is learning really quick how to spin, which is one thing I wanted to teach her.

 

[centrarchid]

One of your chicks looks not to carry silver / gray allele. Do not be surprised if it turns out to be black-breasted red.

You will likely find the games learn a lot faster and likely more than the others you have. Even though mine have a default flighty nature, it is easy to calm them down to be tamer than even the calmest breeds by default.

 

[JadeFarms]

One of your chicks looks not to carry silver / gray allele. Do not be surprised if it turns out to be black-breasted red.

You will likely find the games learn a lot faster and likely more than the others you have. Even though mine have a default flighty nature, it is easy to calm them down to be tamer than even the calmest breeds by default.

Oh okay, so it may not be a flarry eye grey at all?

 

[JadeFarms]

And which one is it?
1st

2nd

3rd

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I know, the males are always the best it seems. But I’m fine with a bachelor flock with unwanted Roos, I know you can’t do that with these though I’m pretty sure.

They are looking good!

Plan on keeping males in separate pens