Chick-a-doodle-doo Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Someone said on another thread that a certain breed the boys are a different colour.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raina Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 I'm not 100% sure but i think they might be legbars? You could always go on google and try searching Auto Sexing chicken Breeds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 All of the autosexing breeds you can tell on hatching - cream Legbars, Barnebars, Wybars, Welbars and gold Legbar are some (basically anything ending in 'bar') Also if you cross certain breeds or certain colours in some breeds you will get 'sex linked' chicks where girls are one colour and boys are another Apart from those, breeds that I have found easy to sex early are Marans, Welsummers, Pekins and some Wyandottes which can usually be sexed within about 10 days-3 weeks of hatching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAJ Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 All of the autosexing breeds you can tell on hatching - cream Legbars, Barnebars, Wybars, Welbars and gold Legbar are some (basically anything ending in 'bar') Also if you cross certain breeds or certain colours in some breeds you will get 'sex linked' chicks where girls are one colour and boys are another Apart from those, breeds that I have found easy to sex early are Marans, Welsummers, Pekins and some Wyandottes which can usually be sexed within about 10 days-3 weeks of hatching Oh Redwing - Wyandottes easy to sex early on - do tell me more, I know mine are only 1 day old now, but it would be useful to know. Tracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 yes they are TAJ, the boys have a wider area at the front of their head for the comb and they redden up very quickly, I think some colours are easier than others though I dont know if you can see from this but the one on at the back on the left is a girl, the rest are boys, you can see their comb areas are redder and they have diddy pinprick wattles this pic was at two weeks 3-4 weeks This pic at 5 weeks - easy to tell now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAJ Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Thanks Redwing - I will be posting photos at that age of my three so you can all help me to decide - whatever until they start crowing they are staying here - just like the CL I no it is a boy, but it is still one cute little chick at the moment. Tracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
