Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

[Faraday40]

I named this one Penelope so I hope she's a she.

Penelope looks female.

 

[LinnyChx]

This one could go either way, but we'll know in time.

Thank you for taking a look at my girls Faraday. This one is my Lucy (Lucille Ball). She's half the size of the others and loves to roost so I'm keeping my fingers crossed I don't have to rename her Ricky Ricardo.

 

[Faraday40]

Hi there! I have 7 Buff Orpington chicks that are all 6 days old. I was wondering if there is a way to know the gender by their wings. I wasn't to sure if it was a myth or not... I have one chick who's wings are longer then the rest of the chick, does that mean she is the only girl?

Thanks,
~Meg

In some breeds, you can actually fan out the wings & look at the alternating feather shafts. They are selectively bred to be wing sexed at 1-2 days old.

Wing sexing never worked on any of my Orps. In some lines, the males feather slower than the females. This can be seen at about 2-3 weeks. Both have feathers, but females have back feathers when the males have porcupine quills. (It's kind of a subtle difference, too.) Of course that doesn't work on my line of orps either. For me, it's all about the headgear. My male chicks grow pink combs & the wattles drop at 3.5-4 weeks. By 5 weeks, mine are easy to sex.

However, if you are trying to pick out female chicks from a straight run bin..... grab the ones with longest wings & tails or some that have feather sprouts. If they are the same age, then there's a higher chance of them being female.

 

[Faraday40]

Buff Orpington and Plymouth barred rock...both prolly 12 weeks old. What do you guys think?

They both look like males.

 

[MissNutmeg]

In some breeds, you can actually fan out the wings & look at the alternating feather shafts. They are selectively bred to be wing sexed at 1-2 days old.

Wing sexing never worked on any of my Orps. In some lines, the males feather slower than the females. This can be seen at about 2-3 weeks. Both have feathers, but females have back feathers when the males have porcupine quills. (It's kind of a subtle difference, too.) Of course that doesn't work on my line of orps either. For me, it's all about the headgear. My male chicks grow pink combs & the wattles drop at 3.5-4 weeks. By 5 weeks, mine are easy to sex.

However, if you are trying to pick out female chicks from a straight run bin..... grab the ones with longest wings & tails or some that have feather sprouts. If they are the same age, then there's a higher chance of them being female.

Hmm okay thanks for the info. I really appreciate it!


~Meg

 

[Faraday40]

I've got two a Delaware and Dominique both 10 weeks we were told they were sexed one male one female. But we aren't sure that is the case and if so they might be opposite of what we were told.
What do you guys think?

My Opinion:
The Dom's color looks female. The males usually have more white.
The Delaware is tougher because its comb is pink, but not yet red. Many single comb males have decent sized combs by 9-10 weeks. White males often have very red-looking combs. The Delaware could go either way. (Sometimes the white birds look like they have darker combs because of the greater contrast. If that's what going on here, then both could be female.)

 

[Wishing4Wings]

I have a 10 week old easter egger and I cannot figure out the gender. Please help.

Same answer as the EE sexing thread- Looks like a pullet, but the pics are dark. A good full side view and a better pic of the comb would help confirm.

 

[DraftXJumper]

1st set of pics are of a 8 week old Easter Egger (he claims Ameraucana) I got from a man last night who says he bought from a hatchery as a pullet.
Second set of pics are from 4.5 week old barred rock from an online hatchery.

 

[Faraday40]

1st set of pics are of a 8 week old Easter Egger (he claims Ameraucana) I got from a man last night who says he bought from a hatchery as a pullet.
Second set of pics are from 4.5 week old barred rock from an online hatchery.

I hate to say it, but the EE looks pretty male to me. Hope I'm wrong.

I'm not as sure about the BR. That's a lot of pink comb for a 4-5 week old chick. The feather pattern looks female, though. Was it a hot day? Sometimes a chick's comb can get flushed.

 

[DraftXJumper]

I hate to say it, but the EE looks pretty male to me. Hope I'm wrong.

I'm not as sure about the BR. That's a lot of pink comb for a 4-5 week old chick. The feather pattern looks female, though. Was it a hot day? Sometimes a chick's comb can get flushed.

So far, everyone seems to think the EE is a roo. It was not hot the day I took the pics, and the comb on the barred rock seems to get a tiny bit bigger and redder every day, whereas the comb on my other rock is smaller and yellow (same age). Thanks for your input!

This is today's pic of the rock: