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Can you feather sex Ameraucanas?

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Beth C:
The first year I sold chicks I was amazed at the number of people who showed up with things to wave over them, and a million different ways of holding them, all sure-fire ways of sexing, I was told. They all left confident that they\'d selected only pullets but the birds that were still here at maturity were an even split.  ;)

Some of these wives\'s tales are just plain bizarre, others seem to have originated from credible information that got distorted along the way. Sounds like this kid has heard about feather-sexing but doesn\'t understand the genetics behind it.

jerryse:
There is a way to sex striped chicks as in silver and light brown.I recently ran across this but have not had a chance to try it.Females have darker and more defined head and back stripes and darker stripe that passes across the center of the eye.I hope to test this out.I have tried to vent sex day olds but all rear ends look the same to me.

Cloverleaf Farm:

--- Quote from: jerryse ---There is a way to sex striped chicks as in silver and light brown.I recently ran across this but have not had a chance to try it.Females have darker and more defined head and back stripes and darker stripe that passes across the center of the eye.I hope to test this out.I have tried to vent sex day olds but all rear ends look the same to me.
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I\'ve done that 100% with Welsummers...it\'s pretty cool. :)

Beth C:

--- Quote from: jerryse ---There is a way to sex striped chicks as in silver and light brown.I recently ran across this but have not had a chance to try it.Females have darker and more defined head and back stripes and darker stripe that passes across the center of the eye.I hope to test this out.I have tried to vent sex day olds but all rear ends look the same to me.
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I found some info on how to vent sex - video, detailed pictures, etc. so I tried it, too. Came to the same conclusion you did - don\'t know what these guys are looking at, but they have better eyesight than I do because I couldn\'t see any difference.

Really cool about the striped chicks!

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