Free rein feeding method

[Kiki]

Looking at your male vs female pics I reckon I’ve got 1 girl and 9 boys :/ could be because mine are Italian? Most people seem to be keeping the wild coloured ones, maybe Italians are supposed to look like macho midgets?
I’ll take some pics when they’re up in the morning.

I don't really know what colors y'all have over there and I'm not too good with naming the different colors.

I just know that I only keep a birds that are feather sexable and usually all of the males have the rust color in their chest which you can clearly see in the picture above.

 

[Ital]

I don't really know what colors y'all have over there and I'm not too good with naming the different colors.

I just know that I only keep a birds that are feather sexable and usually all of the males have the rust color in their chest which you can clearly see in the picture above.

I’ve been looking for chest freckles but only green has them, not many with rusty colours though so hopefully I’ll be getting enough eggs for my breakfast.

 

[Kiki]

I’ve been looking for chest freckles but only green has them, not many with rusty colours though so hopefully I’ll be getting enough eggs for my breakfast.

Try to get a few pics of chests if you can.

I just keep my phone still and wait for them to calm down some as I am constantly hitting the button to take pics.
They are still too afraid of me at this age to keep still enough for clear pics.

 

[Patiocoturnix]

Looking at your male vs female pics I reckon I’ve got 1 girl and 9 boys :/ could be because mine are Italian? Most people seem to be keeping the wild coloured ones, maybe Italians are supposed to look like macho midgets?
I’ll take some pics when they’re up in the morning.

I don’t know if you could tell until they have their feathers in fully or are able to be vent sexed but in my experience the male is always smaller than the girls for me.

 

[Kiki]

I don’t know if you could tell until they have their feathers in fully or are able to be vent sexed but in my experience the male is always smaller than the girls for me.

Males are always smaller for me too.
I can't vent sex...I won't.

 

[Ital]

Mine must somehow know I’m a vegetarian, I had a drill in their coop to make a hole for the water dispenser and they were pecking at the bit!

I don’t know if you could tell until they have their feathers in fully or are able to be vent sexed but in my experience the male is always smaller than the girls for me.

Maybe there’s hope for my big black one then, she’s a good natured gentle giant.

Males are always smaller for me too.
I can't vent sex...I won't.

Ha ha too rude?

 

[Kiki]

@Ital I can talk so tell me to shut up if I'm bothering your thread.

These are not good pictures but in this picture the mail is the small one in the corner. The other two are females.
Like I said it's not good but you can see the size difference here. I can see the size difference. Hopefully you can too.

 

[Kiki]

Mine must somehow know I’m a vegetarian, I had a drill in their coop to make a hole for the water dispenser and they were pecking at the bit!

Maybe there’s hope for my big black one then, she’s a good natured gentle giant.

Ha ha too rude?

I'm afraid to hurt them. I've practiced on quail that I butcher but I'm afraid to practice on a live bird.

 

[Patiocoturnix]

I'm afraid to hurt them. I've practiced on quail that I butcher but I'm afraid to practice on a live bird.

It’s actually really easy they will hurt you more than you would hurt them lol their claws are razor sharp.

 

[Ital]

@Kiki Glad to have you along for the ride