I know it's really early but I'm wondering if I have a major clue here

KDbeads

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Aug 20, 2009
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These 3 are all from the same hen/roo who to the best of our knowledge are MUTTS. Roo was kinda feather legged, hen is clean legged. DOB is 9/23 for all three. Will the females feather out faster even at this young of an age? Because on of them is growing way faster than the rest!!!

Miagi (boy?)
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Danielson (Girl?)
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Karate (boy?)
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With yours supposedly being mutts, I'm not sure if it will work, but some breeds can be sexed by that method, for example I ordered sexed BOs and SLWs from a hatchery and the females feathered out faster in the wings and tails than the males, however it does not work with some breeds , ex. I thought that I could sex my speckled Sussex like that because some feathered out faster than the others, I only saved the rapid feathered ones and some turned out to be males. Same way with my BC Marans, out of six, only two were rapid feathered so I thought those two were hens, It turns out that they are actually the best pair in the bunch, one hen and one roo, the other 4 are all short feathered and judgeing by the combs, 3 are roos and 1 may be a hen.
So to answer your question, that's not always an acurrate method of sexing,espcially when you don't know the breed.
 

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