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[Alaskan]

ok... sexing


I thought that in general females feathered out faster than males?

but out of the three I am looking at, the one with tail feathers has the largest comb.

input?

And for EEs..... as a one week old chick......one row of beads is rooster, totally flat is girl?

 

[Amberjem]

Yep looked in the mirror and sure enough there was a crazy person staring back at me.

 

[Amberjem]

ok... sexing


I thought that in general females feathered out faster than males?

but out of the three I am looking at, the one with tail feathers has the largest comb.

input?

And for EEs..... as a one week old chick......one row of beads is rooster, totally flat is girl?

think ya on ee's as for feathers tail feathers did same length n speed on a pullet n cockerel my last batch

 

[ronott1]

ok... sexing


I thought that in general females feathered out faster than males?

but out of the three I am looking at, the one with tail feathers has the largest comb.

input?

And for EEs..... as a one week old chick......one row of beads is rooster, totally flat is girl?

For feather sexing to work, one gender has to feather out more quickly than the other. Some breeds have faster feathering females and others have faster feathering males.

Only a limited number of breeds are feather sexable.



The information in the attachment is old but valid. You can cross to get feather sexable chicks or you can study your own line. It has to be your line though. It will not work for other lines and may not be reliable with yours.

 

[Alaskan]

thanks

 

[Amberjem]

wait a second I understood that you can feather sex if the gene is present but I thought that was just for wing feather sexing as apposed to feathering in?? so the feathering in theory is also feather genetic linked?

 

[vehve]

The beginnings of our bunny tractor. This would probably work just fine for chickens too, with some modifications. The compost frame modules are 28"x36".

 

[ronott1]

wait a second I understood that you can feather sex if the gene is present but I thought that was just for wing feather sexing as apposed to feathering in?? so the feathering in theory is also feather genetic linked?

Yep!

Girls will have longer tails at a couple of weeks. In very obvious lines, the girls will have feathers covering them and the boys will be nearly bare.

 

[bamadude]

Do any of u folks ever cut wing feathers to prevent flying? I installed a new metal roof last year. My houdan flies up there everytime he needs to poop.

 

[perchie.girl]

Do any of u folks ever cut wing feathers to prevent flying? I installed a new metal roof last year. My houdan flies up there everytime he needs to poop.

I been known to trim a wing... Easy to to just cut the primarys on one wing tip. When you spread the wings out you will see about five or six feathers that stick out further than the rest... I just trim to match the rest. It takes the wing back far enough yet doesn't tap into the blood supply in the feather.

If you tap into the blood supply they can bleed a lot... If that happens best to pull that feather out completely and it will stop bleeding.

I have never done it on a chicken but have done many many many parakeets and a handful of small parrots. When I worked at the pet store we could get more money for hand tamed birds and this was part of their process.

But the feathers and the process is the same.

For what its worth I used to do both wings on the littluns because I felt bad for them when they augered down to the floor. With both wings trimmed they could motor down without crash landing. (can you tell I hung around pilots as a kid?)

deb