Wyandotte Help!

[LeBlackbird]

Feather sexing is a gene, and it is only found in commercial breeds

 

[shelleyb1969]

Speaking in terms of the Colombian color pattern...I raise Colombian bantam Cochins, and my experience with them has been that the chicks that hatch out very dark/black down their backs turn out to be roos 99% of the time. The lighter ones (primarily yellow with a little black in the wings) turn out to be hens. So I tend to think that the darker is a roo and the lighter is a pullet.

Please let us know how it turns out.

 

[lockedhearts]

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Thanks Shelley! I was trying to remember back when I had the Columbian Cochins and could not remember. That is the way I was leaning, I need to mark this chick and picture document, because if it does turn out to be a roo then I keep an eye out on future hatches and might be able to almost be able to sex these as day olds.

 

[Suburban Sprouts]

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Define "commercial breeds"??

 

[Panhanle RIR]

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are the females or males feathers longer how do you feather sex?

 

[LeBlackbird]

Feather sexing gene in the following...

Commercial White leghorns
Commercial Cornish rocks

Feather sexing can only be done when the bird is 2-4 days old! The male will have smaller, undeveloped feathers where as the female's feathers will be longer and more grown in. This gene is Not in most breeds...