vent sexing

[P'Fowls]

I cant say for sure on a silkie. We are just getting the hang of them. They are different than other fowl with their fur like feathers. Hatcheries wont even sex silkies due to that. If that was any other chick, I would say its a cockerel. Cockerel are uneven hens are even. We do ours different than anyone else does when they are day olds. Everyone looks at the wing tip feathers, we do not until they are at least a 1-2 weeks old or so. Silkies can be tough, some might be easy but some are harder to sex.

 

[Justuschicks]

Interesting, that sounds totally opposite of what I have read. So the feathers at the base of the wing are even in a pullet, uneven in a cockerel? Sorry to be so redundant, we are just talking two different areas of the wing and I want to make sure I am on the same page as you.

 

[P'Fowls]

Actually the cockerel doesnt have any pin feathers, its just fuzz, then pullet with also have the fuzz but with pin feathers.

 

[NixNoodleNumbat]

This is really interesting.

 

[mothrhen]

X 2

 

[P'Fowls]

Someone pass the popcorn. lol

 

[jreynolds]

This is very interesting! I would love to be able to learn how to sex chicks. But the vent sexing method looked pretty intimidating. Maybe I will try to learn feather sexing...

 

[Tracy the chick]

This thread is brilliant! Im trying to sex my 4 day old vorwerk.

 

[sunny & the 5 egg layers]

I too have found this thread to be very interesting. I never knew you could feather sex all breeds. I've tried vent sexing before, but I find it hard to hold the chick just right to be able to open the vent enough to see what I need to see.
I will definitely be trying feather sexing in the future.

 

[mississippifarmboy]

Sorry, but feather sexing only works on breeds that are bred to be feather sexed.

http://msucares.com/poultry/management/poultry_sexing.html