Cock or hen?

[Babybird]

:)I have 3 yb's and am wondering what sex they are. Someone told me recently that you can tell by the head shape but unfortunately can't remember which way round it was?????.

Two of my birds have a rounded head compared with the flatter head of the other one can anyone shed some light for me?

[Guest Grasshopper Lofts]

its just a theory not 100% percent but rounded head is a cock flat a hen

[Babybird]

its just a theory not 100% percent but rounded head is a cock flat a hen

 

Thank You, that means they can keep the names I have given them, wasnt sure if David was a Davina!!!!  ;D ;D

[Guest Grasshopper Lofts]

 

Thank You, that means they can keep the names I have given them, wasnt sure if David was a Davina!!!!  ;D ;D

 

;D ;D ;D ;D no problem at all

[Guest peter.j]

but not 100% damien gave me a logan cock that laid two eggs when paired to another cock he gave me

[Guest Grasshopper Lofts]

but not 100% damien gave me a logan cock that laid two eggs when paired to another cock he gave me

 

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D and we did the thread thing on it,  its a she male that thing  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Guest peter.j]

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[Guest Grasshopper Lofts]

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[big blue bar]

you ll think im taking p*ss but i got told by a old hand how to sex y/birds get a pendant or even a coin which you will have drill a hole in tie it to a bit of string hold over birds back if it goes round in a circle its a cock if it swings from side to side its a  hen this is how i doo it prity accurate

[Guest G.Drysdale + son]

you ll think im taking p*ss but i got told by a old hand how to sex y/birds get a pendant or even a coin which you will have drill a hole in tie it to a bit of string hold over birds back if it goes round in a circle its a cock if it swings from side to side its a  hen this is how i doo it prity accurate

Also heard it works with a washer or small nut attatched to a piece of string.

 

 

[blaz]

i got told the one that make a noise and spin round are cocks and the ones that dont are hens :P

[PATTY BHOY]

have a look at this..

 

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

[Babybird]

Also heard it works with a washer or small nut attatched to a piece of string.

 

 

Some midwives dothat to sex a baby

[heather down]

I was told to look at the heads if flat it is a hen. I still find it hard but I'm getting better at it.

[Babybird]

I was told to look at the heads if flat it is a hen. I still find it hard but I'm getting better at it.

 

you canlet me know what you think at the weekend

[Babybird]

have a look at this..

 

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

 

I would have to catch them first for that one LOL !!

[chickadee]

Have a look at this

 

http://forum.pigeonbasics.com/m-1224883485/s-0/

[Guest]

Hold the pigeon in your hand and gently squeeze the outer two toes towards the middle toe (don't use any bias). The outer toe of a cock will be slightly longer than the inner toe. On a hen they are the same length. This works in 98% of cases, but there are always exceptions to the rule.

[Guest HighSpeedLofts]

cocks will spin round to the right hens to the left and hens wil only go half way or is it the other way about cocks also only make the slapping noise with there wings when out cocks will also have black splashes on feathers but only if it has splashes lol unless its carmichael pigeons as i believe in this strain the hen also has black splashes i just use my eye the big bold ones are cocks

[chickadee]

I find there is an exception to every rule except that if it lays eggs it's a hen ;D

[chickadee]

u ll find that if the whites are some what inbred  they have hen  looking heads / faces  u can get this with many whites    as most keep them  close bred

 

I never inbreed my whites, I have been gifted some and bought a lot of good stock from a lot of sources to avoid this and i still get the same, cocky hens and henny cocks. We have had a lot of good fanciers visiting us and all have the same problem

There are in the main definite cocks and definite hens but we find there is always the exception to any rule, I will definitely try some of the new ones that have been posted as I have in the past paired up two hens and got four eggs and I have a pair of cocks that are as gay as you get and are totally inseparable

[chickadee]

not had any gay cocks as yet    but did get sold a pair of whites that  were both cocks  even after the seller did that  sex thing   saying it always worked  , what i ve found is a lot of us that keep whites have them com ing from same lofts / flyers  , jon

 

Yes Jon is is so hard when you have whites but we made a decision early on to just get small amounts from as many fanciers as possible to avoid inbreeding and split them all the time so we have good strong stock, this year because we are racing we are going to pair winners to winners to improve our racing chances for the future, Duncan says we are not buying any more ;D