Sexing Peachicks - India Blues

[Little Roughian]

Well the kids are up to 8 wks and boy the personalities are coming out!! We've been working on socialization and only Leonard is still extremly fussy! Our little photo shoot consisted of him flying about and yelling at me. Sheldon and Penny, weren't impressed with being picked up, but a little lettuce goes a long way with them. So here's 8 wk pictures any boy/girl ideas yet?

Leonard... pre flying











Penny...








Sheldon my big monster bird... such a happy kid today!

 

[Mmmatt13]

I could be wrong, but I'd say you've got 3 boys.

 

[Little Roughian]

I could be wrong, but I'd say you've got 3 boys.

I was thinking that too as not much of the barring has faded. Leonard however seems to be a week behind with feathers. But with my luck they would all be the same!

 

[Mmmatt13]

I was thinking that too as not much of the barring has faded. Leonard however seems to be a week behind with feathers. But with my luck they would all be the same!

They're certainly adorable!! I love the names too. I think I have at least 3 of 4 males out of my first four, not sure about one but we'll see in time. At least they're not psycho breeding like chickens, I've got a couple years to get them all some girl friends.

 

[AugeredIn]

If you look at Sheldon, it appears that the barring is wider and sparse and that some feathers are coming in with no barring. That could indicate female.

I guess first is a boy, second a girl and third a girl. If you could take a picture staright down on their backs it would help. If you put Sheldon side by side with Leonard do you see any barring diferences?

 

[Little Roughian]

If you look at Sheldon, it appears that the barring is wider and sparse and that some feathers are coming in with no barring. That could indicate female.

I guess first is a boy, second a girl and third a girl. If you could take a picture staright down on their backs it would help. If you put Sheldon side by side with Leonard do you see any barring diferences?

I will try to get some more photos like that... maybe I'll take them out to play first. They were very excited and hard to photo this morning! I will probably get time friday to get more! So please come back with imput!!

 

[Little Roughian]

I'm sure this isn't the type of "top" picture you wanted... but its the 3 of them sleeping.

 

[AugeredIn]

Ok I am going out on a little bit of a limb here as it is still a little early at 8 weeks, but I really think you probably have three girls. The one in the middle is the only questionable one in my mind. It may not be quite obvious yet, but if we threw a boy with the well defined barring in their you would probably already see the difference.

Not what you were originally thinking, huh?

 

[AugeredIn]

Is the middle bird Leonard?

 

[Little Roughian]

I believe the order is (top to bottom) - Sheldon, Leonard, and Penny.
Leonard is the smallest and easiest to pick out.
Sheldon's little crown is always a mess, and Penny's is perfect!