Gender ? Two BCM and one EE

[Buckwheat77]

Hello everyone!
Well... I did it again. I have 5 baby chicks - currently 6 weeks. Still early to tell for sure but I loved hearing what everyone thought last year so... here they are!
I have 1 sex-linked chick so I know this ones a girl
1 EE - this one is for sure a boy
1 EE - the grey one - I think a girl but not sure yet - thoughts ??
2 black copper marans - this is a new breed for me so I have no idea. I think 1 boy and 1 girl but.... I need some help

thanks in advance!

 

[VirginiaFarmerGirl]

Beautiful birds! I normally sex by their wing shape do you have any photos of their wing(s) spread out?

 

[FeatherTay]

Pullets I think.

 

[Buckwheat77]

Beautiful birds! I normally sex by their wing shape do you have any photos of their wing(s) spread out?

I do not but I can get some this afternoon!!! Neat !

 

[Buckwheat77]

@TheOddOneOut both my EEs ended up being beautiful pullets last year - you called it from the start! Any ideas on these chicks?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Beautiful birds! I normally sex by their wing shape do you have any photos of their wing(s) spread out?

No, you don’t.
Because that doesn’t work.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

@TheOddOneOut both my EEs ended up being beautiful pullets last year - you called it from the start! Any ideas on these chicks?

All female, minus that EE.

 

[VirginiaFarmerGirl]

No, you don’t.
Because that doesn’t work.

Your not the first two tell me that. But can you explain how it was right with all the chicks of my own that I have sexed since it “doesn’t work”? Just wondering

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Your not the first two tell me that. But can you explain how it was right with all the chicks of my own that I have sexed since it “doesn’t work”? Just wondering

Let me clarify. It’s physically impossible to tell the gender of a purebred chicken that is older than one week by looking at the wings. That’s like sexing them by the color of their eyes, or the shape of their toenails.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Wing sexing is a sexlinked trait, comes from crossing a fast feathering male to a slow feathering female. It does NOT work on all chicks.