Question on Auto Sexing Chicks.

[Sunshine Coop]

Are auto-sexing chicks ever wrong? I have a cream legbar that was obviously a female as a baby but as she gets older her comb and waddles are developing quite fast. She also loves to chest bump and spar with the other chicks quite often.

 

[Quarterhorses1]

Are auto-sexing chicks ever wrong? I have a cream legbar that was obviously a female as a baby but as she gets older her comb and waddles are developing quite fast. She also loves to chest bump and spar with the other chicks quite often.

where did you get her? Do you have a pic?

 

[Sunshine Coop]

where did you get her? Do you have a pic?

I got her from tractor supply. I don’t have a pic but when I got her she looked like a textbook female Cream Legbar.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Pretty sure tsc doesn't have legbars usually. Pictures?

 

[Quarterhorses1]

I got her from tractor supply. I don’t have a pic but when I got her she looked like a textbook female Cream Legbar.

Oh ok! Do you have a pic of her now? Or not at all?

 

[Quarterhorses1]

Pretty sure tsc doesn't have legbars usually. Pictures?

I got three there in two different years , by accident! In the Easter egger bin and the isa brown bin

 

[Ridgerunner]

A photo showing the head, specifically the comb and wattles size and color could be most helpful. A second photo showing the legs, posture, and profile could also help. Usually five weeks of age is when these things start becoming clearer though some are more challenging than others. How old is the chick?

Are auto-sexing chicks ever wrong? I have a cream legbar that was obviously a female as a baby but as she gets older her comb and waddles are developing quite fast. She also loves to chest bump and spar with the other chicks quite often.

There are two answers to your question. If both parents are set up properly genetically then the results should be accurate. But the problem comes in when one of the parents is not set up perfectly. It is possible one could have a gene that is not supposed to be there.

I don't know where you got that chick. Is it possible it does not have the parents you think? Or it could be a pullet that is developing early? Pullets can develop combs and wattles.

 

[Sunshine Coop]

A photo showing the head, specifically the comb and wattles size and color could be most helpful. A second photo showing the legs, posture, and profile could also help. Usually five weeks of age is when these things start becoming clearer though some are more challenging than others. How old is the chick?


There are two answers to your question. If both parents are set up properly genetically then the results should be accurate. But the problem comes in when one of the parents is not set up perfectly. It is possible one could have a gene that is not supposed to be there.

I don't know where you got that chick. Is it possible it does not have the parents you think? Or it could be a pullet that is developing early? Pullets can develop combs and wattles.

I will get a posture picture when I get a chance I’m not home currently.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

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I will get a posture picture when I get a chance I’m not home currently.

That feathering doesn't look like a ccl, nor does it have a crest

 

[Yardmom]

If it was in the Easter Egger bin it is very likely that. A possibility of CCL cross labeled Easter Egger. With it not being pure and not knowing the parents it can not be auto sexed as a CCL.