Newbie/need some help

[Leelee429]

Grab me another picture showing its wing feathers better

Here ya go.

 

[Mosey2003]

Here ya go.

Girl

That older picture just had it at the right angle that it looked overly white to me.

 

[Leelee429]

Girl

That older picture just had it at the right angle that it looked overly white to me.

So how can you tell? The more white on the wings is a girl?

 

[Mosey2003]

So how can you tell? The more white on the wings is a girl?

In barred birds, that is birds with a solid colored feather with white bars across (this is also called Cuckoo as a pattern, but it's less crisp than a Barred Rock ideally is) what is going on is that the barring gene is telling the bird's black feathers to have bars of white. Females get one copy of the barring gene, whereas males get two. The two doses tells the feathers to do the barring double, which means males will have wider white bars than females.

As it grows, you'll see all the feathers get the white stripes

 

[Mosey2003]

It's blurry, but see my rooster standing with his head up vs the hens?

I'm sorry, that really is a terrible pic. But yours will look like the girls when grown, with black and white stripes. My male is show-bred, so it's not as easy to see, but you can think of his black bars being thinner than the girls. Yours won't be as crisp, but there's enough black on your chick I'm going with it's female.

 

[Leelee429]

It's blurry, but see my rooster standing with his head up vs the hens?

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I'm sorry, that really is a terrible pic. But yours will look like the girls when grown, with black and white stripes. My male is show-bred, so it's not as easy to see, but you can think of his black bars being thinner than the girls. Yours won't be as crisp, but there's enough black on your chick I'm going with it's female.

Oh ok, that makes more sense. Thanks so much! I hope you’re right, she’s a sweetheart already.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Speckled Sussex
Red Frizzle Cochin
*Brown Leghorn or Welsummer
Barred Rock
*Brown Leghorn or Welsummer

*At 8 weeks, you should be able to tell them apart. Brown Leghorn = White earlobes, Welsummer = Red earlobes.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

In barred birds, that is birds with a solid colored feather with white bars across (this is also called Cuckoo as a pattern, but it's less crisp than a Barred Rock ideally is) what is going on is that the barring gene is telling the bird's black feathers to have bars of white. Females get one copy of the barring gene, whereas males get two. The two doses tells the feathers to do the barring double, which means males will have wider white bars than females.

As it grows, you'll see all the feathers get the white stripes

This only works if you have stock that is specifically bred to show these different traits. With hatchery stock, all the genes get all burred up, it's not accurate anymore.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

For the gender, post pics of the comb at 6 weeks.

 

[Mosey2003]

This only works if you have stock that is specifically bred to show these different traits. With hatchery stock, all the genes get all burred up, it's not accurate anymore.

It's still cuckoo, should still apply?