Tail feathers at one week old means pullets?

[sophiehatter1057]

Hello all,
We have our first batch of 12 chicks (4 black and 2 blue Australorps) and 6 Easter Eggers (supposed to be all pullets) from a local feed store that got them from Ideal. I've read many, many of the threads discussing early sexing techniques and one of the ones that comes up a lot is tail feathers. The chicks are now a week old, and all but one of them have tail feathers. Are early tail feathers a pretty good indication that they are pullets?

 

[thecatumbrella]

I wish, but unfortunately no.

 

[rosemarythyme]

It *may* increase likelihood of girls (if I was picking from 1 week olds at a feed store, I'd ask for ones with tail stubs just to skew odds of all girls in my favor).

 

[nuthatched]

Old wives tale.