Sexing Bantams

[RAWR]

how do you sex bamtams? im kinda new to all this and im not sure how to do it.

 

[SimplyForties]

I paid to have mine sexed, a service which My Pet Chicken offers. Once you have them I think you have to wait until they begin to show characteristics of a hen or a rooster.

 

[Akane]

Most hatcheries won't vent sex bantams which is about the only way to tell when they are newly hatched. There are some other ways but it depends on the breed as to whether they work. Unless you know how to look at their vents you just have to wait. At around 4-5weeks on many breeds you can start to have a good guess at the roos by their combs.

 

[~*Sweet Cheeks*~]

My 4 wk old black cochin is starting to get little red wattles. Comb is still yellow.

Don't have a clue with the black and buff silkies. Although, the buff silkies comb if you can call that chunk of ruff looking bumpy flesh on his/her beek is turning a dark brownish dried blood redish color.

The black silkie still has a flat black comb.

 

[babychicks#44]

;i have had this kind of chickens for a while.. they have to be at least 1 years old and u have to make them some where to lay eggs and have a heat lamp around it.. hope this helps u..

write bk on here if still nothing works and i will find u something else to do. and were did u get urs from????

 

[RAWR]

i got my bantams from this farm. and the one bantam i have at the moment is the Mottled, and he said to look at their feathers..but idk if thats completly true. lol

 

[akpeeps]

I don't know how accurate this is or if it is breed specific, but I found a website that has info on "feather sexing" chicks at 1-3 days old. The pullets will have faster growing, longer primary wing feathers and short coverts. The cockerals will have short, slower growing primary feathers and the coverts will be the same length.

I just got my very first chicks yesterday, 3 days old. One Red Dorking, two white Silkies, and two Silver Laced Wyandotts. Using the above method, the silkies are pullets. I have a pullet and a cockeral SLW.

If the color sexing method on the dorking is accurate, it a cockeral. My friend has the other two and one is identical to mine and the other has the more defined markings and should be a pullet.

It'll be exciting to see if it's true.

 

[hoppy]

Quote:
feathering sexing is correct for wyandottes but it may not hold true for the other breeds.

 

[Akane]

Feather sexing as day olds or very young chicks only works on some breeds. Judging gender by feathering as they get older is more difficult than just looking at the comb. In most cases by the time you can judge their age by feathering you can do it by looking at the comb.

 

[flakey chick]

The best advice I got was from Miss Prissy- look at their legs. Boys have thicker legs. I think most of her picks are spot on, but keep in mind there will always be questionable ones no matter what method (even for the pros).

If you are picking from a bin, you can choose the most obvious. Barred varieties are semi-self sexing.