Sapphire gems-sex?

[Krystalmoore1986]

My sapphire gems are about 3 weeks old. We got both at the same time and they looked almost identical. Now both look very different, one is way more feathered than the other, one has a tail and one has none. Do you think one is a cockerel?

 

[ChickNanny13]

Probably ... They are "too young" to sex but they are so CUTE! Can't remember which "develope" faster pullet or cockerel.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

Sapphire Gems are sex linked at hatch.

Males should have a white head dot while females will be solid.

Blues can be a little trickier as sometimes the lighter grey coloring obscures a white head dot.

I wouldn't go by feather or growth development if you got them from a feedstore which got them from a hatchery. Shipments can have different ages of chicks, and the bins definitely do.

Also, these are hybrids which means they will have variations to growth patterns.

However, they *should* be sex linked by white head dot for males (showing barring to come in males) and solid color for females as they are a classic barred hen over solid rooster, only using a blue base background.

I'm not seeing any head dots, so you should be okay.

However, if you see bars developing on one of them, it is male.

LofMc

 

[Brahmachicken240]

Looking like pullets so far.

 

[Spartan22]

It’s pullets, though the lighter color might have a chance to be male. I got 3 of those SG last Spring and they all turned out pullets even the lighter ones. I was on couple of threads discussing about the male-female traits of this new hybrid since I was scared to have another roo to get rid off. So far I’m pretty happy with my large egg layers and they are friendly chickens.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

x2 @Lady of McCamley

 

[ChickNanny13]

Very informative @Lady of McCamley, thought they were but wasn't sure. Always learning

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

They are pullets, as this is a sex-linked breed.

 

[Mama_in_the_Dell]

Yes they still look very pullet-ish for 3 weeks. They are very pretty too!