At what age can you sex a cochin by looks?

[Jacklynn]

Not vent sexing, but looks in general ?

 

[LarryPQ]

I can tell at different stages: ie--day 3, three weeks, 8 weeks (then I lose them), 16 weeks....

It kinda depends on the bird. Some are obvious right away, some are sneaky. Did you have a picture of the bird in question?

 

[Matt A NC]

Different with bantams and standards and then also with different blood lines. The ones I work with I can tell definatively at 2 weeks old for the standards and 1 week old on the bantams.

Matt

 

[gryeyes]

How about a Frizzled Cochin? I keep thinking, oh, must be a roo, and then I think that comb should be much larger now... But Fritzie is only 9 wks old.

Lousy picture - anybody wanna make a guess?

Whoops, sorry for the hijack!

 

[Jacklynn]

I have bantams.

I do have pics, but our internet is down atm. I'm on my blackberry right now.

How do you tell ?

what do I have to look for ?

 

[Goose and Fig]

It's easiest to tell if you have more than one. Usually by 3 weeks or so the boys will start to show a bigger comb that should be more pink than flesh color.

 

[Goose and Fig]

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Get a side shot without the red light on

 

[chicken-owner-31]

I have several cochins, and I'm pretty confident at the difference between males and females now at 8 weeks. I started being able to tell around 4 weeks when the boys started getting red combs and wattles.

Female (7.5 weeks)

Male (7.5 weeks)

Female (5.5 weeks)

Male (5.5 weeks)

At least I'm PRETTY confident on those!

 

[donrae]

I don't remember exactly when, but I knew my roo (bantam cochin) by a month or so. His comb just turned red and started growing, while the girls were still light pink and small. Pretty much like the pics posted

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

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Don't mean to hijack, but those are the prettiest frizzles I've ever seen, I usually don't care for those types of feathers, but yours are gorgeous!