How accurate is using the dark coloring on a Welsummer chick's head to tell male from female? I read this http://rudugastsideal.com/fowl/livestock_chickens.htm and at the bottom it gives an example of male and female based on the definition of the dark area on top the head. Here are my chicks a few weeks ago:
All but the one hiding have a defined dark area on the head like the female from the link's example picture.
BUT now at four weeks old the three with the defined dark coloring have huge huge combs and are getting wattles. The one with the light coloring is smaller, timid, and has barely any comb and no wattles. I don't know what to think...
All but the one hiding have a defined dark area on the head like the female from the link's example picture.
BUT now at four weeks old the three with the defined dark coloring have huge huge combs and are getting wattles. The one with the light coloring is smaller, timid, and has barely any comb and no wattles. I don't know what to think...