Roos or hens?? 4-5 week old bcm and americaunas

[schenry]

there are 2 americaunas and one bcm. They are 4-5 weeks old. I think the first one( Mae) is a hen, the second (Violet) is a Roo, and the bcm (Loretta) is maybe a Roo? Not sure.

 

[RoostersCrow HensDeliver!]

Ameraucana #1 - too early to tell for sure, maybe girl
Ameraucana #2 - definitely a boy
Black Copper Marans - maybe a girl, but wait and post again in a few weeks

 

[schenry]

Thank you that is what I was thinking

 

[iwiw60]

#2 is definiely a ROO!

 

[runkickshoot]

If they were younger ( 2-4 days), you can tell by the wings. Male= feathers should be equal.
Female= feathers should be long, short, long( or the other way around).

 

[Wyandottes7]

Ameraucana #1 - too early to tell for sure, maybe girl
Ameraucana #2 - definitely a boy
Black Copper Marans - maybe a girl, but wait and post again in a few weeks

I agree.

If they were younger ( 2-4 days), you can tell by the wings. Male= feathers should be equal.
Female= feathers should be long, short, long( or the other way around).

Actually, this doesn't work that often. This method of sexing chicks only works if the parents have been specifically bred for it. You need a parent with a fast feathering gene and one with a slow feathering gene, if I remember right.

 

[BantamLover21]

Ameraucana #1 - too early to tell for sure, maybe girl
Ameraucana #2 - definitely a boy
Black Copper Marans - maybe a girl, but wait and post again in a few weeks

Agreed.

 

[Ridgerunner]

If they were younger ( 2-4 days), you can tell by the wings. Male= feathers should be equal.

Female= feathers should be long, short, long( or the other way around).

Actually, this doesn't work that often. This method of sexing chicks only works if the parents have been specifically bred for it. You need a parent with a fast feathering gene and one with a slow feathering gene, if I remember right. 

Yes, the father has to have the recessive fast feathering gene and the mother has to have the dominant slow feathering gene for this to work. The way I keep it straight is for a sex link, the mother has to have the dominant gene, and I can remember that slow but sure usually wins out over fast, so slow is dominant. Mom has to have the slow gene.