Lady Amherst chicks

[Barbra67winedot]

i have 5 Lady Amherst chicks 3 weeks old, their eyes are greenish/blue will they change or does this mean they will all be males.?

 

[rosemarythyme]

As far as I've seen most chicks have lighter colored eyes. They don't darken into the adult shades until later.

 

[007Sean]

i have 5 Lady Amherst chicks 3 weeks old, their eyes are greenish/blue will they change or does this mean they will all be males.?

At 3 weeks old their eye color should be dark brown, even the males. They males won't start changing eye color usually until around 3 to 4 months old.
Males will have a cream to white-ish eye as they approach the 1 year mark. Females will have dark brown eyes.

 

[Barbra67winedot]

As far as I've seen most chicks have lighter colored eyes. They don't darken into the adult shades until later.

Thank you, I’ll have to post a picture of them.

 

[Barbra67winedot]

At 3 weeks old their eye color should be dark brown, even the males. They males won't start changing eye color usually until around 4 to 6 months old.

Thank you for the info, I’ll have to post a picture in the next day or so.

 

[Barbra67winedot]

At 3 weeks old their eye color should be dark brown, even the males. They males won't start changing eye color usually until around 4 to 6 months old.
Males will have a cream to whitefish eye as they approach the 1 year mark. Females will have dark brown eyes.

All five look like this

 

[007Sean]

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All five look like this

If you look on the side of their face just below the eye, if you see a piece of bare skin, (wattle or tear drop) this is a positive indication of a male.

Here's some pics of a 1 day old male chick, a pic of the same male at 1 month and 3 months old, notice no eye color change yet in the 1 month old pic. Also a pic of a 1 day old female chick, there is no tear drop on the female chick.

The Ruff pheasants (Goldens and Lady Amherst) can be sexed from 1 day old, by checking to see if there is a wattle present.

1 day old male Golden pheasant, wattle present.

1 day old female Golden pheasant, no wattle present.

1 month old male Golden pheasant, wattle present, no eye color change.

Same male bird, (close up). 3 months old, tear drop circled in red. Notice eye color starting to change.

 

[Barbra67winedot]

If you look on the side of their face just below the eye, if you see a piece of bare skin, (wattle or tear drop) this is a positive indication of a male.

Here's some pics of a 1 day old male chick, a pic of the same male at 1 month and 3 months old, notice no eye color change yet in the 1 month old pic. Also a pic of a 1 day old female chick, there is no tear drop on the female chick.

The Ruff pheasants (Goldens and Lady Amherst) can be sexed from 1 day old, by checking to see if there is a wattle present.
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1 day old male Golden pheasant, wattle present.
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1 day old female Golden pheasant, no wattle present.
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1 month old male Golden pheasant, wattle present, no eye color change.
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Same male bird, (close up). 3 months old, tear drop circled in red. Notice eye color starting to change.

Thank you so much for the pictures and info. This will certainly determine the sex.

 

[007Sean]

Thank you so much for the pictures and info. This will certainly determine the sex.

Yes, it will!