I would say that, but I just keep looking at the wing development, the tail and the small shanks. Big Boy's sister is an absolute beast, so it has me wondering if I might not have another big pullet on my hands. The birds out of Big Boy have been easy to feather sex so far, so am trying to figure out if it might just be so big that the growth might be farther along than some of the others.DD says it's a boy!
Its not a 100% as not all people's birds will lend well to it, but here it works pretty well for me. A good example, if you go back and look at the photos I just posted, the chick with the copper behind the eye is a pullet. See how she has the start of a tail and the wing feathers have come in all the way? Then look at the photo below it, there are two blue cockerels. See how the wings are really short, and they have no tail? That's usually how it goes when feather sexing is possible.
how strange; my buff orpingtons were the exact opposite. At one week the boys had extra long wings, nearly to their tails and their tails were sprouting, by second week wings were even longer, tails bigger, shoulder feathers coming in and combs beginning to grow. At two weeks also noticed that their legs were thicker and they standing taller, more like boys.
around here those that feather in faster are definitely pullets in the Marans, I was able to feather sex to about 90 to 95% accuracy last hatching season. I kept notes, the ones that were hard to figure were the littler ones that took a bit to catch up.
PinkChick ,Nope, not me, but I am having fun playing with these new babies.
Not Marans but I did hatch them out with Marans.
I will have to remember this when I finally get to hatch some BCM! I'll take pics and keep notes and see which way mine go.
I think it needs to be done early. Like from 1-3 days old. That's how I do it with my Light Sussex chicks,
