Sexing emu chicks

[Clucksworth]

Getting this emu DNA sexed in a couple of weeks, but read something else saying that you can sex an emu chick from it's head pattern. Don't know if it's an accurate way of sexing chicks but thought I'd give it a go anyway

Would anybody be able to have a guess at what sex my chick is from it's head pattern?
Both pictures of the same chick:

 

[Grassman 52]

Pictures taken from Red Oak farm
Top Female Bottom Male

Looks like a female to me - post after DNA testing so we can know the out come

 

[Clucksworth]

Pictures taken from Red Oak farm
Top Female Bottom Male

Looks like a female to me - post after DNA testing so we can know the out come

That's great news, was really hoping it would be a little girl!
I will post what s/he turns out to be in a couple of weeks when I get the results back

 

[Clucksworth]

Here's some more picture's of the chick at 1 and a half weeks old. Do you think the head pattern looks more like a bull's eye now?

 

[Grassman 52]

With the new pic's - looks like it could be a bulls eye, but I will stay with my first "guess" - Thank god for DNA

After staring at the pic for a while, now I say male - was reading that the bulls eye is not complete in some males, and this one has most of the circle.

It would be great if people who have had the DNA test done show pics of head shots and then the DNA results.

 

[Clucksworth]

With the new pic's - looks like it could be a bulls eye, but I will stay with my first "guess" - Thank god for DNA

Thankyou
I'm looking forward to getting my DNA results back... really hope it will be a girl

 

[yinepu]

sorry guys... the head markings are NOT reliable...

been there.. done it last year


for best results vent sex or better yet.. DNA

 

[Grassman 52]

That's why the OP said that DNA was in process

 

[yinepu]

That's why the OP said that DNA was in process

yeah.. I know.. but I was just setting the record straight on this (bolded part):

Getting this emu DNA sexed in a couple of weeks, but read something else saying that you can sex an emu chick from it's head pattern. Don't know if it's an accurate way of sexing chicks but thought I'd give it a go anyway

 

[chickenzoo]

Yep vent seeing or DNA. I normally vent sex at a week old.