I would not cut it off, I would tie it off with some string. Just tight enough to cut off the nerve and blood supply to it. It will dry up and fall off on its own. No bleeding and relatively painless.
what is on my chicks face?
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Feather sexing is easy, but it requires that the chickens be specially bred to manifest their sex in differences in the feathers as hatchlings. These are usually hybrids rather than true breeds, and are called sex linked chickens. Female chickens in these breeds have longer wing pinfeathers than the males do, which makes them relatively easy to tell apart. Most chickens do not have these traits bred into them, and the hatchlings are identical to all but the skilled eye of the professional chicken sexer.
This method used to determine the sex of newly hatched chicks is only possible if a female from a slow-feathering breed is crossed with a male from a fast-feathering breed. The sex of the chicks produced from this cross can be determined during the first 48 hours after hatching by looking at the primary and secondary feathers located on the chick's wings. The primary feathers will be noticeably longer than the secondary feathers on a female chick. On a male, the primary and secondary feathers are the same length.
Feather sexing is easy, but it requires that the chickens be specially bred to manifest their sex in differences in the feathers as hatchlings. These are usually hybrids rather than true breeds, and are called sex linked chickens. Female chickens in these breeds have longer wing pinfeathers than the males do, which makes them relatively easy to tell apart. Most chickens do not have these traits bred into them, and the hatchlings are identical to all but the skilled eye of the professional chicken sexer.
This method used to determine the sex of newly hatched chicks is only possible if a female from a slow-feathering breed is crossed with a male from a fast-feathering breed. The sex of the chicks produced from this cross can be determined during the first 48 hours after hatching by looking at the primary and secondary feathers located on the chick's wings. The primary feathers will be noticeably longer than the secondary feathers on a female chick. On a male, the primary and secondary feathers are the same length.
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Thank you explaining this, pdsavage. sunnydt, I hope you did not take my question as being sarcastic. It was not intended that way. I am aware that feather sexing is possible but I was wondering about your particular birds.
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redcatcher, no I did not take it that way.
These are true ameraucanas I have and not hybrids. I simply noticed a big difference in the feathers on the first and second day after they hatched. I have done this before and it worked. Not on this breed but on others that were also not hybrids. Anyways, I will wait and see if I am correct or not. As for the string, that is a great idea but it is so small at this time that I dont think a string will even stay on it. But maybe if I wait a little while untill I can actaully do it, then I am going to try this. Thanks for that idea.
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