I have to talk POLISH!

[HighNDryFarm]

ETA - my last batch of Polish came out with 3 that had oblong, small crests, 5 that had nice big full round ones. ALL were girls.

Well, know that's just down right braggin'!

 

[Illia]

Hey the year of 2011 for me was FILLED with girls. Which actually for that year was bad. I did a lot of meat-mutt hatches, wanted plenty of boys for food, but ended up with lots and lots of girls. By the end of the year I got worried because after a loss of a couple important roosters I really didn't have many young candidates to take their place.

I hope this year is either a 50/50 or no less than 30% girls. I'd like some boys to choose from, and some to eat.


Watch I jinx myself. . .

 

[flower]

Well ifin ya got it flaunt it !

 

[seminolewind]

Hey the year of 2011 for me was FILLED with girls. Which actually for that year was bad. I did a lot of meat-mutt hatches, wanted plenty of boys for food, but ended up with lots and lots of girls. By the end of the year I got worried because after a loss of a couple important roosters I really didn't have many young candidates to take their place.

I hope this year is either a 50/50 or no less than 30% girls. I'd like some boys to choose from, and some to eat.


Watch I jinx myself. . .

Illia
If you click my photos at the bottom in my signature, is she still a she or a he? 11.5 weeks.

 

[Illia]

She.


If by that age when they're fully feathered, there's NO sign right on the back between the wings and around the wings or even at the upper neck of any glossy, triangular, or definitely darker colored feathers, it's a girl. Males will develop some obvious little baby starts of rooster (hackle, saddle, wing) feathers that will appear triangular with little glossy tips on the sides. They'll either be a darker color if blue, orange, or red or more greenish if black.



Circled in red is what to look for in males. If needed I'll show a colored male too, but, basically look for those glossy, toothy looking triangular feathers. The younger the bird, the shorter they are, but, even in really young as long as they're fully feathered you will find at least one on the wing or back, and it will indeed be glossy, pointed, and likely a different shade.

 

[seminolewind]

Thanks, Illia. I know exactly what you mean with the little shiny feathers. I'll go have a look, but it must be a girl! The whole thing started when I heard a "baby roo crow". For all I know it may have been a Mocking Bird. We used to have one that neighed!

 

[HighNDryFarm]

Well ifin ya got it flaunt it !

You know I would!

 

[mycutekitties]

They hatched within 20 hours of each other.

I agree...girl on the right, boy on the left, if you go by the crest. How many days apart in hatching are they. Does the left chick still need to fluff?

 

[mycutekitties]

That's great you hatched so many girls! I had the same luck last season! These chicks are not hatchery but from SQ stock so looks like I have to wait.

Never go by crest size or shape in chicks under a week old! Crest size and shape is almost always about quality, at least, pertaining to the SOP. It has to do with how much of a vaulted skull there is, how profuse the feathering is, how long it is, and if there will be a lopped crest or not, or if it will be too swept back or not, which happens in either gender.

As day olds, really, the only methods that work are vent sexing and feather sexing (if they're bred for it, which most hatchery stock is) Otherwise just wait.

I've got Tolbunts due to hatch in 4 days

ETA - my last batch of Polish came out with 3 that had oblong, small crests, 5 that had nice big full round ones. ALL were girls.

 

[HighNDryFarm]

It's amazing how quickly they grow isn't it!

The shape of the crest, breeding vs. sex is interesting. Out of the nine I bought from a breeder, the crest shape was pretty on for sexing, but I'm a newbie. Anyone else with experience on this? Is there an age that the crest shape comes into play? Well, I know it does later but at what younger age would the crest shape come into play?

They hatched within 20 hours of each other.

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