how to sex chukar partridges?

[zebserema]

how do you do it?

 

[buffbeauty]

HAHAAHAHAHA...... Please edit the title of your thread

 

[aprophet]

the males head is blockier, squarish they are larger then the hens they also have spurs right below their "knees"

 

[greymane]

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Yes, PLEASE.

That is a bit disturbing. We all love our birds, but seriously??

 

[zebserema]

oh my gosh of all the mistakes i could make i say hot to sex chukars

i dont know ow to edit that

 

[sokstim]

Hi, going into our 6 year of raising chukars. What a beautiful bird...we find that sexing them is very difficult at a young age. However, at 4 to 5 months, it is clear by the shape of their heads and body size. Males are larger with a more square head. at 8 months or so, you can begin to see spur knobs...but this is not an accurate way to determine males or females as females sometimes have them too. In adult chukars, you can get about a 95% accuracy by looking at their genital part.

Turn the bird upside down, press with your thumb and index fingers at the genital area. If you see a point, it is a male. If you see an oval or circle, it is female. You can only use this method in older birds though...