Sexing Peachicks

[stu3796]

My father in law had 5 peachicks hatch yesterday. They are India Blue and we're wondering how do you tell what sex they are? It's pretty obvious after 3 years or so, but how do you tell until then? And how young can you tell? Thanks!!

 

[DANNY]

I can tell on a lot of them about 10 or 12 weeks old and maybe sooner on some if i pay attention. I can tell on the blues and pieds etc. when the hen start loosing the male bars in the wings. I can tell on blackshoulder when they start losing the female color and getting male color. It's funny that the blues all have male color when they are small and the blackshoulders all look like females when they are small.

 

[deerman]

Pic . of pr of purple peachicks, male on the left note the barred feather on the shoulders.

On younger peachicks(blues) the males have red tint in their flight feathers.

 

[deerman]

Sorry on whites it may be a year, unless you have both male and female same age to compare.

 

[KsKingBee]

It looks like a cock to me but the pic of the breast is really too dark to tell for certain. The line down the center of the breast feathers says cock.

 

[Michelle Roydes]

 

[casportpony]

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Looks male to me.

 

[Michelle Roydes]

They’ll be 3 months old on the 22nd

 

[SarahFair]

How did he hatch them?

 

[stu3796]

Under the peahen.