Tail feathers? Edited to add lots of pictures.

[Gypsy07]

LOL! They can be such noisy little midnight munchers, can't they. First chick I had like that, I saw his crop and panicked. "OMG it's impacted!" I thought he was dying or something. I wouldn't worry about yours, I doubt they could ALL be roos. Piglets yes, roos, no. If Steffpeck can sex them by wing feathering, you should go with that opinion. I could never figure out the difference but I know some people can do it quite accurately at a couple of days old...

 

[babyrnlc]

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I never knew there was a difference. I raised cockatiels and they always have full crops lol. So I figured they are the same. The chicks way up with their crops smaller, but they are always eating. It was almost 80 degrees so we let them play out side in a pen today and they scratched and ate the whole two hours lol!

 

[babyrnlc]

Now, the one people are guessing is a pullet is chest butting the other chicks. Do pullets ever do this, or is this maybe a cockeral? It flies across the brooder and if someone "bumps" it when it lands, it chest bumps it.