{"id":604,"date":"2013-03-06T07:48:42","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T12:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roseshadowranch.com\/?p=604"},"modified":"2013-03-06T08:31:32","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T13:31:32","slug":"feather-sexing-peeps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roseshadowranch.com\/?p=604","title":{"rendered":"Feather Sexing Peeps"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here at the ranch, we have lots of feathered and furry friends, my favorites are the chickens! \u00a0I just love the chickens and I love hatching eggs and raising up chicks! \u00a0I’ve successfully hatched out hundreds of cute little fluffy butts and I have to say, it never gets old!<\/p>\n

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This last hatch was my smallest yet most successful to date! \u00a0Out of 9 eggs, 8 hatched!! I have 5 lovely Plymouth Barred Rocks and 3 beautiful Olive Eggers! \u00a0I am trying to master the skill of feather sexing, which is supposed to be effective with certain breeds only. \u00a0If I’m right, I have 4 pullets and 1 cockerel in the PBRs and 1 pullet and 2 cockerels in the OEs. \u00a0We shall see. \u00a0Do you know how to feather sex day old chicks? Are you successful at it?<\/p>\n

The picture to the left is from the “Chicken Encyclopedia” it shows how to tell the difference in wing feathers in chicks 1-3 days old. \u00a0You’ll notice they both have 2 layers of feather “quills.” \u00a0Pullets have a shorter second layer whereas a cockerel has a longer second layer. \u00a0As a matter of fact, cockerels 2 layers are almost even.<\/p>\n

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This first picture is of one of my Olive Egger chicks. \u00a0At 3 days old, I believe this is a cockerel. \u00a0It was difficult to fan the wings out so you could clearly see the difference in lengths, they were quite even!<\/p>\n

The second picture is of one of my Plymouth Barred Rock chicks. \u00a0At 3 days old, I believe this is a pullet. \u00a0Notice you can clearly see the difference in the 2 lengths.<\/p>\n

What do you think?<\/p>\n

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