Sexing Young Birds

[chickadee]

What if its not a curve up(smile) or a curve down(frown) but a straight line?

[Guest]

What if its not a curve up(smile) or a curve down(frown) but a straight line?

 

its gay then

[chickadee]

Help we are in trouble then, with a loft full of gay youngsters. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

[mark]

i wouldnt worry about sexing them just hope at the end of the yb season you have enought left for next years racing.

[ryesway]

;D ;D ;D hello folks as it says wots some of your methods for sexing birds , i no this must of been coverd a thousand times but i cant find any threads about it .im a novice so an info would be helpfull many thanks   ;) ryan

[pjc]

just let them mature and they will tell you what they are!

[OLDYELLOW]

hens lay eggs unless there barron or are a cock

[ryesway]

just let them mature and they will tell you what they are!

cheers phil i never thought i would here a pigeon  talk  ;D ;D ;D only jokeing mate!! i no wot you mean thanks for ya reply  

 

 

[pjc]

there are many theory's, needle test, toe lengths, rear end etc but wait and see unless you have a reason to know

[ryesway]

there are many theory's, needle test, toe lengths, rear end etc but wait and see unless you have a reason to know

no reason mate just thought now ive got all my young birds flying i would try to sex them ive already sex a few cocks which stand out a mile but there is one or two small ones which i thought was hens small round heads thin necks but act like cocks ,im just not sure  

 

 

[pjc]

if you are splitting the sexes then the ones you are not sure about put in with the hens, if they then start to show move them with the other cocks.

[carlsberg]

i use the needle test my mum has been testing youngbirds for donkeys year with the needle

[ryesway]

if you are splitting the sexes then the ones you are not sure about put in with the hens, if they then start to show move them with the other cocks.

thats my plan to split them up but not yet , so i will just keep watching and learning thanks for your help phil  

 

[ryesway]

i use the needle test my mum has been testing youngbirds for donkeys year with the needle

thanks mate will have a go aint got nowt to lose cheers

 

 

[just ask me]

i find if u sex in the nest its eassier i put marking rings on them at that stage right most of the time  

[PATTY BHOY]

try this.

http://www.pipa.be/artikelsnew/martind/sexen.htm

[cemetary]

Good man pat.  

[Guest]

I use the toe theory, has always worked for me

[Guest]

try this.

http://www.pipa.be/artikelsnew/martind/sexen.htm

 

Never heard that one, will have to try. A variation on this theme, one of the finest fanciers in England told me , he wants cocks not hens to fly widowhood, he claims the first egg is nearly always a cock (unless both are hens) so rears the first egg only.

[Guest]

wow dats gud!!! il havta try that one

[Hamster Girl]

I must seem a dolt for not knowing.. but..

1. What is the needle test?

2. What is the toe length (theory?) ?

3. Their rears? Aside from feeling the pubic bone, how do their rears pertain to gender-specifics?

 

Sorry for sorta hijacking the thread for my own questions..

[mic]

how about this,y/birds in the nest before feathering ,90% two shades of down,same colour same sex,try it, mark them then see whats what,then do another nest,see what persentage you get right,post your results

[Guest]

Toe length theory is where you hold the bird facing towards you and hold the leg out. Gently squeeze the first and third toe together towards the middle toe. A hen will have both toes of equal length and in cocks the outer toe will be longer than the inner toe.