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How do you sex them so young?
Actually, I have a hard time sexing them right out of the egg. I haven't quite got that down to a science yet. But, by about ten days old they usually begin to get their chest feathers in and that's the most obvious way for me to tell. All my stags have black chest feathers, if their chest is lighter they are almost always pullet's. Other than their posture and attitude feathering is the earliest way for me to tell.
How do you sex them so young?
Actually, I have a hard time sexing them right out of the egg. I haven't quite got that down to a science yet. But, by about ten days old they usually begin to get their chest feathers in and that's the most obvious way for me to tell. All my stags have black chest feathers, if their chest is lighter they are almost always pullet's. Other than their posture and attitude feathering is the earliest way for me to tell.