Trying to sex my ISA Brown chicks :)

[IvanK]

Hi all and happy new year! So...this is the first time I hatched ISA Browns and I'm trying to sex my 11 day old chicks. I think these can be sexed right away but I've read so much online that nothing seems conclusive on how to so I thought I'd ask I've attached a hopefully adequate photo. Can anyone sex any of these little beauties definitively? I think the bottom left is female due to her brownish head. The others seem like inbetweeners. Any ideas? Thank you kindly!

 

[debid]

Where did you get the eggs?

 

[IvanK]

Where did you get the eggs?

From my hens.

 

[JedJackson]

From my hens.

The sex link thing only works with the original cross with ISA Browns. So you will have to wait until they are much older to know what sex they are.

 

[Allie Grace Sanders]

From my hens.

What breeds were the father and mother?

 

[junebuggena]

From my hens.

Isa Brown to Isa Brown does not produce more sexlinked Isa Browns. You have just hatched mixed breeds that can not be sexed till they are several weeks old.

 

[IvanK]

What breeds were the father and mother?

They're both ISA Browns.

 

[IvanK]

Isa Brown to Isa Brown does not produce more sexlinked Isa Browns. You have just hatched mixed breeds that can not be sexed till they are several weeks old.

Ah! Interesting. I obviously missed that in my research. Ok...so I guess short of doing some physical inspections I'll have to wait. Thanks!

 

[IvanK]

Isa Brown to Isa Brown does not produce more sexlinked Isa Browns. You have just hatched mixed breeds that can not be sexed till they are several weeks old.

Just curious..since the genetics of these chicks will be all over the place, is there a name for their "type"...or is it just mixed? I would imagine they won't be the great layers that momma is but can I still expect reasonably good productive hens?

 

[JedJackson]

Just curious..since the genetics of these chicks will be all over the place, is there a name for their "type"...or is it just mixed? I would imagine they won't be the great layers that momma is but can I still expect reasonably good productive hens?

They will still be very good layers as they have the same genes. The only difference is that the sex linkage in the chicks won't work. I believe ISAs are leghorn/production red hybrids.