Sexing 2 week old barnyard mix

[Susanwhitten28]

Anyone really good at deciphering roos and hens with baby chicks I need some help I know I have at least 3 shorter wings means roo ? More feathers mean hen ? Any Tips will be greatly appreciated

 

[Wezdin]

It is too early to tell, unless you know breed there's no way to tell. Wing sexing can be very unreliable with mixes. If you post pics in a few weeks we should be able to help.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Feather sexing is only for specific crosses. Otherwise it's as reliable as flipping a coin for each bird

 

[ackie]

Unfortunately I learned there isnt much early sexing you can do with mixes

 

[Egg Snatcher]

Anyone really good at deciphering roos and hens with baby chicks I need some help I know I have at least 3 shorter wings means roo ? More feathers mean hen ? Any Tips will be greatly appreciated

The ones with tail feathers and long wings are girls. The ones with no tail feathers and short wings are boys. Could you happen to number the photos for each chick.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

The ones with tail feathers and long wings are girls. The ones with no tail feathers and short wings are boys. Could you happen to number the photos for each chick.

Only for specific crosses. You have to use a fast feathing male over a slow feathering female to get those results

 

[Ridgerunner]

This thread talks about how to sex chicks by certain characteristics. Typically these characteristics show up around 5 weeks. On very rare occasions I've been able to sex a chick pretty much at hatch, posture can make it obvious. But that is really rare. I've had some reach 16 weeks before I was absolutely sure. It's not always as easy as I wish it were. I find it is easier to say this is absolutely a boy than it is to say this is a girl. Some boys just don't develop those characteristics as early as others. Experience does help.

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=48329

This thread talks about how you can sex chicks based on sex linked genes. This includes red sex links, black sex links, and feather sexing. Feather sexing is what you are talking about. It is a long thread, the first post is the one you want. For this to work you have to have the parents set up correctly genetically. Once you make a sex link it doesn't work for the next generation. Once you make the cross future generations are not going to be set up correctly fort it to work. If they are barnyard mixes you don't know how they are set up genetically.

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=261208

There are a few autosexing breeds. Yours are barnyard mixes so that will not apply to yours.

Hatcheries use vent sexing to determine sex. Specially trained people squeeze the poop out of a chick at hatch and look into the vent to determine if it has boy parts or girl parts. They know how to squeeze the poop out of a chick without hurting it and they know what to look for.

If you post photos of the chicks after 5 weeks we might be able to help. I find it easier to do in person than by photos but we can try. Provide two photos of each chick. One photo should show the head up close so we can see the comb and wattles if it has any. The other photo should show the profile and posture as well as a good shot of the legs. At five weeks it is too early to look for saddle and hackle feathers. Tell us their age.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Anyone really good at deciphering roos and hens with baby chicks I need some help I know I have at least 3 shorter wings means roo ? More feathers mean hen ? Any Tips will be greatly appreciated

Nope.
You can't use feather to sex chicks EVER unless they are a specific cross. Which is fast feathering parent x slow feathering parent.
Yours are NOT feather sexable.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

The ones with tail feathers and long wings are girls. The ones with no tail feathers and short wings are boys. Could you happen to number the photos for each chick.

This is false.

 

[nuthatched]

Wing sexing doesn't work on 95% of breeds, especially mixes. post again in a few weeks!