Sooo much pooping

[sparkysmum]

Sorry for taking up yet another thread, but we would love to know whether our Light Sussex chick is a boy or a girl. Here he/she is at six weeks:

 

 

Any ideas? Fingers crossed. Alli X

[Chicken Kitty]

I have absolutely no idea but he/she is gorgeous!!!!!

I'd love a Light Sussex!!!

[Space Chick]

Do you have a closer pic of the head and neck... Hard to tell from that picture.

[Egluntyne]

Based on my one and only experience of raising a Light Sussex Cockerel, the late Anton Du Beak, I'd say you have a girl there. Here is a picture of Anton at just over 7 weeks. There is a massive difference which I don't think the slight age difference would account for.

[sparkysmum]

Thanks egluntyne, I hope you're right I think I remember Anton du Beak, what a fab name Here are a couple of head and neck pics of Cheeky.

 

 

 

Thanks for looking. Alli x

[scarlettohara]

I'd say girl

[Space Chick]

Girl she's a stunner too

[sparkysmum]

Thanks Space Chick, so happy to hear that She and a little brown leghorn were our favourites from day one and looks like they're both going to stay

[Egluntyne]

Deffo a girl ... those hackle feathers are rounded, not pointy.

[sparkysmum]

Thanks Egluntyne delighted we've got a Cheeky Girl!

[Valkyrie]

Well this is a piccy of my buff Sussex at around 11/12? weeks old:

 

His neck feathers:

 

And this is him around 16 weeks old with his sister - both hatched together but it was very difficult to see at first:

 

Hope this helps - same birds just a different colour!

[sparkysmum]

Mmm thanks Valkyrie, they are very similar aren't they Might have to wait a few more weeks to be certain then but still hoping .Alli x

[Valkyrie]

Fingers crossed it's a girl. But we weren't sure as both had rounded feathers - it wasn't until the boy took on a gold sheen across his back that we (OK - I was suspicious), DD desperately clung onto the idea he was a girl - and to be honest we didn't see much difference between the two of them. He started getting a beautiful green sheen to his tail feathers after his last moult - before they curved they were still upright like his sister. Her neck feathers were the same as his so we couldn't compare there. He was a lovely bird - very friendly. But the day before he crowed he took on our big fat queen bee orpie. I think she won, but he lost DD's affection somewhat as she saw the attack. The following day he crowed when I let them out and the next morning we dispatched him and had him for dinner (I have to say once he had gone I didn't have any worries plucking or gutting). I was quite upset at losing one of our chicks this way, but DD (being vegetarian) was very understanding and wasn't affected by his loss at all. So I really hope your's is a girl. Good luck.