Vent sexing?

[quintinp]

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NOOooooooooooooooooo......................... I ANSWERED THE QUESTION FIRST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ha ha ha ha ahhhhhH LOL

I said I would take curtain #3......my chicks didn't come in today, I hope tomorrow...

fun stuff and educational! Thanks!

if you do get your chicks, will you try to Vent sex them, i would love it if you posted some good detailed pics, not to blurry,, lol i am a bag full of needs, lol i just wanna see

 

[quintinp]

do you have the chickies yet

 

[bantamgirl]

Hi I have a little almost 4 week old silkie and don't think feather sexing would work because it's feathers are coming in and it looks really different even though I've only had him for a couple weeks. I read somewhere that it is only accurate to vent sex a chick when it a couple of days old. Could I vent sex my little 4 week old? After reading this I feel pretty confident but would really appreciate if some one could explain the difference between the vent of the cock and the vent of the hen. I tried looking at the pictures and guessing, I got it right but still don't quite feel confident enough to do it.
Thanks!

 

[bcboy]

Thanks for posting the great pictures!!!
Can you post some more please so we can try to sex again?
Thanks again.

 

[countrygirl74]

Hi I have a little almost 4 week old silkie and don't think feather sexing would work because it's feathers are coming in and it looks really different even though I've only had him for a couple weeks. I read somewhere that it is only accurate to vent sex a chick when it a couple of days old. Could I vent sex my little 4 week old? After reading this I feel pretty confident but would really appreciate if some one could explain the difference between the vent of the cock and the vent of the hen. I tried looking at the pictures and guessing, I got it right but still don't quite feel confident enough to do it.
Thanks!

I don't know anything about vent sexing but I figured out which silkies were boys and girls pretty quickly by their feathering on their heads. My girl is more of a puffy afro and the boys have "streamer" feathers. Here's a couple pics...


Black Silkie - boy


White Silkie - Girl


Red Silkie - Boy


You can kind of see the streamer feathers on the black here...

However, they are all about 3 months in these photos.

 

[bcboy]

 

[SusanPC]

Holy cow, I just watched the video. As a new chick mom, I was startled at the man-handling of the chicks. I don't think I have the nerve to even feather-sex and definitely am scared to vent sex. I think I'll just wait and see if my 4 are pullets, as sold. Thanks for the education, though and good luck to all you brave chick-sexers.

 

[Flappers]

So I finally tried vent sexing my muscovy again and need your help. Do you think this is male or female? It doesn't really look like either to me, but I am no expert. It is 7 months old. Thanks for the help!