Sapphire Gems help

[Piper25]

We got 2 Sapphire Gem chicks from Tractor Supply a week ago. The woman working there would not let us pick out our own chicks. We read that Sapphires are 100% gender identifiable when hatched. Males have a white spot on their heads or wings and females are solid color. Anyone with knowledge on the Sapphire Gems please tell me if these are females. Thanks

 

[The Moonshiner]

I'd say they both have headspots so....

 

[TesoroSena]

We got 2 Sapphire Gem chicks from Tractor Supply a week ago. The woman working there would not let us pick out our own chicks. We read that Sapphires are 100% gender identifiable when hatched. Males have a white spot on their heads or wings and females are solid color. Anyone with knowledge on the Sapphire Gems please tell me if these are females. Thanks

Unfortunately those look like males…

 

[SandyRiverChick]

Dont call it this early... I had a OE with a very big clear head spot and she lays beautiful olive eggs so I'm glad I didn't jump the gun on declaring her a "he."

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

That is myth. It's false... Sapphire Gems are NOT an auto- sexing breed, which means you can't tell at hatch by the color, or pattern of the peach fuzz. I would wait until they are around 6 weeks old, and then post them here in this thread. Did you buy them as straight run or pullets?

 

[The Moonshiner]

Dont call it this early... I had a OE with a very big clear head spot and she lays beautiful olive eggs so I'm glad I didn't jump the gun on declaring her a "he."

But was she supposed to be sex linked?
Headspots don't always me male but it's supposed to on sex linked crosses

 

[The Moonshiner]

That is myth. It's false... Sapphire Gems are NOT an auto- sexing breed, which means you can't tell at hatch by the color, or pattern of the peach fuzz. I would wait until they are around 6 weeks old, and then post them here in this thread. Did you buy them as straight run or pullets?

It's not a myth. These birds were being produced in Europe. Hoovers imported parental stock so they could produce the same sex linked offspring. Sex linked not auto sexing.
They branded the birds as sapphire gems and then a few others followed suit.
It's been years now and the only time issues come up is when hatcheries change the recipe and don't know what they're doing. And that's not even common because barred/ nonbarred sex links are quite easy to get right.

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

It's not a myth. These birds were being produced in Europe. Hoovers imported parental stock so they could produce the same sex linked offspring. Sex linked not auto sexing.
They branded the birds as sapphire gems and then a few others followed suit.
It's been years now and the only time issues come up is when hatcheries change the recipe and don't know what they're doing. And that's not even common because barred/ nonbarred sex links are quite easy to get right.

Okay.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Okay.

Somewhere on here there's a thread about them when they first came out.
I found their original source.

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

Somewhere on here there's a thread about them when they first came out.
I found their original source.

I'll look for it!