Need Chicken Love Advice

[RoosterWhisperer]

Excuse me?

Forgive the meme, I myself am insane!

But honestly, in my opinion as long as I’m getting hands I don’t care how the chicken is sexed!

 

[CrazyCochin]

Probably the same reason you “haha” ours.
They say it is difficult, but not impossible to wing sex them.

Forgive the meme, I myself am insane!

But honestly, in my opinion as long as I’m getting hands I don’t care how the chicken is sexed!

(I believe that is hens)

 

[RoosterWhisperer]

Well I’m going to go, you all have wonderful opinions and I hope you all have a wonderful day!

 

[RoosterWhisperer]

(I believe that is hens)

My bad, Siri is not the most reliable thing.

 

[Painted Calls]

Wing sexing ONLY works on specific crosses. You need a parent of a fast feathering breed and a parent of a slow feathering breed. Depending on who's who, the chicks will have sex-linked feathering.
Silkies are purebred.
They don't have those genes.
Feather sexing (slightly different) is a smimilar thing but works on judging the length and angle of the feathers.
But it doesn't work on all birds.
On purebreds, the feathering is not connected to the gender of the chick.
Just like how my baby teeth wouldn't have grown in differently if I was a boy.
Wing sexing is unreliable.

Agreed.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Probably the same reason you “haha” ours.
They say it is difficult, but not impossible to wing sex them.

And they are just one person who read the wrong chicken blog.
For example, there are plenty of bloggers out there who say, "DE gets rid of worms!" or "Garlic cures egg-laying issues!". There is misinformation out there. Like people who say feather sexing works on random purebreds.

 

[Oldegarlicshnapp]

Oh....oh dear.
Silkies are NOT wing or feather sexable.

I’ll tag you in a post when they’re older then

 

[Oldegarlicshnapp]

Agreed.

Anyone else who agrees hmu I guess, I’ll just tag you when they’re older to let you all know how my sexing turns out

 

[RoosterWhisperer]

Anyone else who agrees hmu I guess, I’ll just tag you when they’re older to let you all know how my sexing turns out

I can’t wait to see your beautiful pullets!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Anyone else who agrees hmu I guess, I’ll just tag you when they’re older to let you all know how my sexing turns out

Did you purchase them unsexed, and then self-sex them all as females?