FarmerGayle
Hatching
- Mar 29, 2020
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Hi! Last week I received a dozen chicks from Mt Healthy Hatchery. I had ordered 11 hens and 1 roo.
They're now a week old and I'm noticing a very obvious difference in their wings. My roo was "labeled" with a tiny green band around his ankle to signify he was the male. He stands somewhat straighter, but a more obvious trait on him are short, stubby wings. Most of my girls have wings the length of their body at this point, with longer feathers. Out of my twelve chicks, 3 are buff orpingtons, and two out of the three BO have the same short stubby wings as my roo.
Are they going to be roosters, too? I have read that sexing a chick by their wings only works in the first couple days... I have also heard that males tend to feather slower. And again, I have heard that it is all very random and doesn't necessarily the short stubby wings mean male.
The hatchery has a 90% sexing guarantee. I only wanted 1 roo but it looks like I have 4 roos out of the 12 chicks.
They're now a week old and I'm noticing a very obvious difference in their wings. My roo was "labeled" with a tiny green band around his ankle to signify he was the male. He stands somewhat straighter, but a more obvious trait on him are short, stubby wings. Most of my girls have wings the length of their body at this point, with longer feathers. Out of my twelve chicks, 3 are buff orpingtons, and two out of the three BO have the same short stubby wings as my roo.
Are they going to be roosters, too? I have read that sexing a chick by their wings only works in the first couple days... I have also heard that males tend to feather slower. And again, I have heard that it is all very random and doesn't necessarily the short stubby wings mean male.
The hatchery has a 90% sexing guarantee. I only wanted 1 roo but it looks like I have 4 roos out of the 12 chicks.
