Mrs T Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Hi Everyone Does anyone know how to tell the difference between hens or cockerels? Our chicks are 3 weeks old now, and I would like to know how many girls I have got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tara.F Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 something to do with cockerals having pointy feather ends and hens having rounded ones. I only have hens though so whatever you do, don't 'neck' any of them till someone more knowledgable gets here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs T Posted April 14, 2007 Author Share Posted April 14, 2007 Hi Tara I am Tara too! Had to call myself Mrs T on the forum. No don't worry nothing will happen to our boys, they will go and live on a nearby farm, where they orginally came from as eggs!. I will just keep the girls, we have 6 chicks, all bantams I think, not sure what they breeds they are! Just a mixture I think. I have got 2 very small black ones. And 2 are a mixture of colours, and 1 ginger type and 1 white one. Regards Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Throw something into the air....the cockerels will look upwards and the hens will crouch........apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs T Posted April 14, 2007 Author Share Posted April 14, 2007 Really, I will try it tomorrow, They are all fast asleep next to me in there tub at the moment. Thank you Egluntine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Ooh, must try that with mine Egluntine - I feather sexed them as day-olds but I'm sure I've got it all wrong - they're all starting to look like boys now . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs T Posted April 14, 2007 Author Share Posted April 14, 2007 Hi Feemcg, I tried to feather sex them, (followed a guide I found on the internet somewhere) I thought yes that one is a boy and now I feel completely different, every day they grow a bit more of there feathers change and now I have not got a clue! The one we named Racing Stripes (because he had 3 stripes down his back) I now think is a girl, but I was convinced from the day he hatched he was a he! But he/she seems very maternal to the other chicks, letting them sleep under his/her wings! I really can't tell, would love it if they where all girls and then I could keep them all. Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 I wouldn't like to offer a cast iron guarantee with the the method I suggested .....I read it on and American forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
