sexing peachicks

[country_girl011]

the kids had their first venture outside today .
=)
it was a hit. and got to see poppy fan his tail and strut at piper(who completly ignored him)
it was very cute

 

[zazouse]

But where are the pictures?

 

[country_girl011]

But where are the pictures?

srry i stayed back so they wouldnt get nervous with the camera since it was their first time out.
i plan to have another trip outside later today and i PROMISe i will get pics of the dynamic duo

 

[country_girl011]

couldnt get a pic of poppy strutting =(

piper in front with bobby behind

 

[zazouse]

They grow so fast.
Your doing great with them they look very healthy.

 

[country_girl011]

They grow so fast.
Your doing great with them they look very healthy.

yes they do
and thank you i love them .
i cant wait till i get a few more and my eggs hatch =)

 

[frenchblackcopper]

I think,,,and I'm using this term lightly,,,think that I can now sex B/S chicks at about 2 1/2-3 weeks of age,,the very 2 first eggs I hatched was both Opal B/S,,I have decided to keep them (had visitors and buyers here all weekend trying to pry them away from me) but they are for the most part still all yellow feathered,,nothing has really changed on them.Yesterday tho I sold a OBS chick that had significant coloring coming in the flight feathers(kinda lite rust colored) and some darker feathers emerging on it's back behind the neck.This particular OBS chick was 2 weeks younger than my first 2 that both hatched on May 20th,,,I also sold 2 Midnight B/S chicks,,and both of them was getting rusty colored wing flights,as well as color in the back..
My problem was at one time,,if I had several like colored chicks due to hatch at the same time,and wasn't there to witness who came out of which marked egg,,it could take months to see a diffrence,and on some B/S adult hens I have,,There is NO color diffrences,,so I have to mark them at hatch.I now put cool whip containers in the hatching tray and put like colored eggs in seperate containers,in case one of them pips-zips-emerges very fast when I may be gone,and I've had this exact scenerio happen before in less than 2 hours.But I think on B/S peachicks,,about week 3 you will notice feather color changes between sexes,,,I just hope my assumptions that the male b/s peachicks do get coloring-pigment first,,

 

[country_girl011]

I think,,,and I'm using this term lightly,,,think that I can now sex B/S chicks at about 2 1/2-3 weeks of age,,the very 2 first eggs I hatched was both Opal B/S,,I have decided to keep them (had visitors and buyers here all weekend trying to pry them away from me) but they are for the most part still all yellow feathered,,nothing has really changed on them.Yesterday tho I sold a OBS chick that had significant coloring coming in the flight feathers(kinda lite rust colored) and some darker feathers emerging on it's back behind the neck.This particular OBS chick was 2 weeks younger than my first 2 that both hatched on May 20th,,,I also sold 2 Midnight B/S chicks,,and both of them was getting rusty colored wing flights,as well as color in the back..
My problem was at one time,,if I had several like colored chicks due to hatch at the same time,and wasn't there to witness who came out of which marked egg,,it could take months to see a diffrence,and on some B/S adult hens I have,,There is NO color diffrences,,so I have to mark them at hatch.I now put cool whip containers in the hatching tray and put like colored eggs in seperate containers,in case one of them pips-zips-emerges very fast when I may be gone,and I've had this exact scenerio happen before in less than 2 hours.But I think on B/S peachicks,,about week 3 you will notice feather color changes between sexes,,,I just hope my assumptions that the male b/s peachicks do get coloring-pigment first,,

hmm pretty interesting.
are javas and camios just as hard to sex?
im pretty sure these 2 are a pair. poppys wings are deffinately a different color. pipers wings are a dark color where as poppys are an orangish. and both are under 1 month old
i guess we will see how much this changes

 

[country_girl011]

*sigh* getting new chicks has been postponed for yet another week.
he got his days mixed up and the chicks arent suppose to hatch until next week .
which means the roudy duo will be too big for the new babies .. so 2 brooders of peas will be going for a while. and my eggs hatch soon =) im gettin excited. all 4 have been doing great!

 

[zazouse]

If you can put them in a brooder where they can see each other you should be able to put them in the same brooder in a week at sthat works here.