Ameraucana Chick Wing Sexing - PHOTOS

[Sheryll_woods]

Vent sexing is done at hatch and can be harmful to the bird if not done properly. The best way for you to sex your birds is to watch the grow cockerels tend to get redder/plumper, if you post again when they are at least 6 weeks we can try and help you.

So I'm guessing you can only sell them as straight runs then. I'm wanting to get into this breed.

 

[Sheryll_woods]

Hey everybody! I have been breeding my Ameraucana chickens for a few years now and have hatched a few thousand of them. I am starting to get a good eye at 2 months of age for which are roos and which are hens. We are about the purchase a commercial incubator so that we can meet the higher demand we have been getting, which means we need to figure out how to sex them as early as possible so we don't waste money feeding roos and can just sell them instead.

Last winter we hatched out a batch of 20 chicks. We have a friend who claims you can tell by looking at the wings. There are indeed 2 different kind of wings, so we took his advice, sexed them by the wing really young and out of the 6 we decided to keep we are seeing that they are most likely all going to turn out roos.

We were told that wings that don't show an even pattern of length are roos, and the ones with the larger, more even wing feathers are hens.

I have taken a photo of each of the 8 we kept from our latest hatch. As you can see from the first 2 photos, the wings feathers are uneven, while the next 6 chicks all have even, long feathers. Also, the first 2 are a lot smaller in size then the following 6.

We really don't want to have to resort to trying to learn to vent sex, so we would really love any advice help we can get here.

Below are the 8 chicks, separated by the first 2 with the uneven feathers. Thank you!


EVEN WINGS:

I Drexel my EEers at 2 days old

Hey everybody! I have been breeding my Ameraucana chickens for a few years now and have hatched a few thousand of them. I am starting to get a good eye at 2 months of age for which are roos and which are hens. We are about the purchase a commercial incubator so that we can meet the higher demand we have been getting, which means we need to figure out how to sex them as early as possible so we don't waste money feeding roos and can just sell them instead.

Last winter we hatched out a batch of 20 chicks. We have a friend who claims you can tell by looking at the wings. There are indeed 2 different kind of wings, so we took his advice, sexed them by the wing really young and out of the 6 we decided to keep we are seeing that they are most likely all going to turn out roos.

We were told that wings that don't show an even pattern of length are roos, and the ones with the larger, more even wing feathers are hens.

I have taken a photo of each of the 8 we kept from our latest hatch. As you can see from the first 2 photos, the wings feathers are uneven, while the next 6 chicks all have even, long feathers. Also, the first 2 are a lot smaller in size then the following 6.

We really don't want to have to resort to trying to learn to vent sex, so we would really love any advice help we can get here.

Below are the 8 chicks, separated by the first 2 with the uneven feathers. Thank you!


EVEN WINGS:

I sexed my EEers at 2 days old. Uneven feather quills one slightly higher than the other is a pullet. I even set of feather quills is a roo. I think I don't it right cuz my Roos already have huge feet.

 

[Sheryll_woods]

I Drexel my EEers at 2 days old

I sexed my EEers at 2 days old. Uneven feather quills one slightly higher than the other is a pullet. I even set of feather quills is a roo. I think I don't it right cuz my Roos already have huge feet.