What's in the feet?

[Emily26]

My chicks I think are still too young to really tell sex and I won't be donating any to the farm until I'm 100% certain they're roos (I love them too much) but... I've noticed people posting pictures of feet to help identify sex.... what are the differences between feet between male and female?

 

[Painted Calls]

My chicks I think are still too young to really tell sex and I won't be donating any to the farm until I'm 100% certain they're roos (I love them too much) but... I've noticed people posting pictures of feet to help identify sex.... what are the differences between feet between male and female?

None. I believe what you may be seeing is people posting shank/feet color for a breed ID.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

A lot of times with birds that have legs with darker pigmentation, it can be hard to discern whether the base skin color is white or yellow. By looking at the bottoms of feet, it makes it easier to see the color, without the extra melanin on the legs overshadowing it! A good example of breeds that are easily mixed up without checking this are Australorps and Jersey Giants. With hatchery birds, the clearest visual difference is skin color

 

[Emily26]

None. I believe what you may be seeing is people posting shank/feet color for a breed ID.

That makes more sense! thank you

 

[Yardmom]

Some look at barred Rock chick legs for sex. This is breed specific.

 

[SegiDream]

Some look at barred Rock chick legs for sex. This is breed specific.

like dominickers darker legs tend to be female if I remember correctly.

 

[theoldchick]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sex-link-chicks-leg-color-sexing.1256913/

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

like dominickers darker legs tend to be female if I remember correctly.

Yep, that's sometimes true for barred breeds I believe. Wasn't even thinking about that! I love your Buff Laced Brahma in your pfp!!

 

[SegiDream]

Yep, that's sometimes true for barred breeds I believe. Wasn't even thinking about that! I love your Buff Laced Brahma in your pfp!!

Thanks, love the ones in yours too! I only have 1 hen and 1 roo buff laced, got some of their eggs in the incubator that should hatch soon. Hopefully it goes well and I'll have a few more buff laced babies for my flock The only downside is the roo has a single comb.

I'm curious, do you know if the pullets usually feather out at 2 weeks old with lacing on the wings? And the cockerels dont? I want to keep two pullets (with pea combs) from this hatch if everything goes well.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Thanks, love the ones in yours too! I only have 1 hen and 1 roo buff laced, got some of their eggs in the incubator that should hatch soon. Hopefully it goes well and I'll have a few more buff laced babies for my flock The only downside is the roo has a single comb.

I'm curious, do you know if the pullets usually feather out at 2 weeks old with lacing on the wings? And the cockerels dont? I want to keep two pullets (with pea combs) from this hatch if everything goes well.

I have four and all four were females, so I can't help you too much with the differences. The males should get reddish wing patches though, so that's what I would look for! One of my pullets looked really poorly laced at first and then developed it with age, so I wouldn't think lacing would be that accurate when sexing