Sexing Coutnix or Pharoah?

[honda2hummer]

How do you tell what is what on courtnix or pharoah baby chicks?
They are a fews days old, can you tell yet or no?

[JohnInDixon]

Way too early to easily tell (or care really)  along about 6 weeks the hens will lay eggs and the boys will be boys.

John

[pamike]

I just sexed all of mine at 6 weeks old. It is way easier to do it the way I figured out than I have read here. I will try to take some pics of me sexing some of mine so you can see how it is done and what to look for.

mike

[honda2hummer]

thanks

[aKirA]

well at 6wks the color difference will be apparent. But as chicks, there is no way. Home page has good discriptions.

[gsc]

If they are the regular browns, they can be sexed at about 4 or 5 weeks by the color differences.  Same with the fawns.  Texas A&M's are a bit harder as they all look the same.  On six to eight week olds, you can look for the "shaving cream" from the males and the vent on females we become a bit enlarged from laying eggs.

[olson4u2]

The only way I know to sex them when they are only a few hours old is to look at the leading edge of the wings and the hens will have little spikes of down where the cocks are just downy. However you must have good light and good eyes to tell the difference.

[honda2hummer]

don't think I am good enough to tell the differnence this early