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Roosters: May have thicker, more pronounced legs and feet than hens.
Wing Feathers:
Roosters: Often have shorter, more rounded wing feathers compared to the longer, more pointed wing feathers of hens

plus hens seem to start tail feather at a wk or 2...before roos. Seems strange given the plumage of a roo.

 

[farmerjan]

The guy that feather sexed the 6 chicks I got said just the opposite of the tail feathering... males develop quicker... so I guess we will see... I sure hope I don't wind up with all roosters from his feather sexing...

 

[farmerjan]

I also did a little internet searching... and it says that most all feather sexing can be done from day old... UP TO 3 days old... several sites said that... and these chicks I got are at least 1+ weeks old since they got new ones in again... sooooooo.... it will remain to be seen. I do see the difference in the wing feathers as they are actually barely "quills" at 1-2 days old...

 

[canesisters]

All 3 of these seem to have the same long, pointed wind tips. 2 have little shoulder pad looking feathers too.

I tried to snag one for a pict & broody mama left several bloody pecks & scratches on my arm......

 

[Mini Horses]

We all know you can always believe the net

 

[farmerjan]

All 3 of these seem to have the same long, pointed wind tips. 2 have little shoulder pad looking feathers too.
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I tried to snag one for a pict & broody mama left several bloody pecks & scratches on my arm......

Need to somehow mark these to see if the "feather sexing" is right when they get bigger... I sure hope he was right on mine... I DO NOT want roosters....

 

[SageHill]

Leg bands?

 

[Mini Horses]

sure hope I don't wind up with all roosters from his feather sexing...

We'll know when they crow! hope they're hens! Otherwise rooster stew works but, such a wait & mess to get there.

I wanted to check the 4 I have scooting around with mom. But she's a Ninja mom! Attack she will. If I wait until night, with long sleeves I can get one at a time. But not that important they are what they are. Before long the combs will tell me.

But I do have this incubator going, and I'm the mom! So we'll see how that goes. 6/7 hatch. I like the color hatch ones. One of the 4 chicks is a cream legbar pullet by color.

 

[farmerjan]

Leg bands?

He called them all pullets when we picked out these 6... There were 20+ in that group....

 

[Mini Horses]

@farmerjan That's probably what they had shipped in, pullets. I'm thinking you'll be all girls. What we want to see are the turkey poults. Send me pics and I'll post. Next Gilmanor I'll show you how easy it is!! They're $12-20 on most CL listings, age & type make a difference.