Young chick but any "clues"? -silver laced wyandott

[newtothis]

I have 6 chicks and one of the SLW's has always been bigger than the rest (from when I got them at 3 days old). She is actually sweet and when the other SLW was ill 2 days ago she was kind and wanted to be close to her. That being said, is "she" a "he"? Does size mean much? They are all only 11 days old.

face shot, the one on the left (taller in the pic)

The big one here (her neck is up so she looks extra big)

cute little bootie shot

another

wing shot

 

[rachaelc]

Cute kids,

Well I spent everyday last chick season analyzing my 30 something chicks. And I can telll you that some people can nail it but I never could. Even when there was tail size differences and combs were growing out. I figured I would have at least 10 roos. Nope, only one. Best way if you can wait till their neck feathers grow out. Roos have very pointy neck feathers, and hennies have rounded neck feathers. Sorry that doesn't answer anything now

Rachaelc -mother of all

 

[newtothis]

Thanks for the info-10 out of 30 not bad. I just want to figure it out soon....it can be so consuming!!

 

[Shelly_WNC]

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At what age can you tell by neck feathers? I have all SLW that are 5 weeks old. Should you be able to tell by 5 weeks?