Sexing Ayam Ketawa

[aart]

Yes most breeds, but if you look up the hens of the Ayam Ketawa, you'll notice, they also have giant waddles even when hens. They extend out passed their heads. Until they're much older and the waddles get much larger, its near impossible to tell since the difference comes from the overall size and not length. At least this is what I've been told today.

Even breeds whose females have large wattles and combs don't get them until they are older,
that's why the best time to sex them is 4-8 weeks.
Got any pics from around that age?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Even breeds whose females have large wattles and combs don't get them until they are older,
that's why the best time to sex them is 4-8 weeks.
Got any pics from around that age?

They posted some pics.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Hmmm... I guess you just got wait until you hear one "laughing".

 

[aart]

They posted some pics.

Yes, but I assumed those pics are at (3months)12 weeks old

Does anyone have a definitive picture of a female AYAM ketawa around 3 months old?

 

[EggSighted4Life]

From all the pics I've been able to find of AK hens though has shown me that the combs are going to extend outward on both sexes.

This photo from GFF shows significant difference between comb/wattle size on grown birds.. These will be closer to 5+ months of age..

I see all boys also like all the posters before me.

By 12 weeks most non hen feathered breed will be sporting gender relevant SADDLE feathers, not tail...

The last one.. isn't even fully feathered on it's head.. that's NOT going to be female... Agreeing with the poster that said regardless of breed.

 

[NatJ]

From all the pics I've been able to find of AK hens though has shown me that the combs are going to extend outward on both sexes.

Try looking at the feathers on the breast.
From the photos I can find, it looks like the males should have black breast, or mostly-black. Females have lots of brown on their breasts. (The ones on Greenfire Farms site have some with those colors, and some with white dots on those colors of breast.)

For any of the chicken breeds where the males get a black breast but females don't, the breast color is a really handy way to sex them!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Yes, but I assumed those pics are at (3months)12 weeks old

Oh. They looked younger.
However, I usually sex on what the birds look like NOW, not what they looked like then.
@MGG has a beautiful little crossbred pullet named Azalea who is quite the mystery. She started at like 4 weeks out with a whopping big pea comb, all red, and with sprouting wattles the same color.
Now, at over ten weeks, (right? yeah.) she is pale-faced, small comb and
wattles, with no saddles to speak of, while her brothers parade around with gleaming pointy ones and popping red combs.

 

[MGG]

Oh. They looked younger.
However, I usually sex on what the birds look like NOW, not what they looked like then.
@MGG has a beautiful little crossbred pullet named Azalea who is quite the mystery. She started at like 4 weeks out with a whopping big pea comb, all red, and with sprouting wattles the same color.
Now, at over ten weeks, (right? yeah.) she is pale-faced, small comb and
wattles, with no saddles to speak of, while her brothers parade around with gleaming pointy ones and popping red combs.

Yup! Here she is as a 3-4 week old

And here she is a few weeks later.

(In the middle)
I don't have any good recent pics of her, they're 16 weeks old now. I'll try to get some tomorrow maybe.

 

[MGG]

Here we go. The one by the bricks is a few weeks younger than the other two. To me, they look like all roosters.

You have 3 gorgeous guys. Sorry if you were wanting hens. Those are awesome birds though, I'm a bit jealous. Lol

 

[aart]

Here she is as a 3-4 week old

Sure look like a male to me.