Saturday, October 3, 2009

Chicken Tails

Posted by Beth at 9:07 AM
These are pictures of the two-week old tails of my Rhode Island Red chicks. I am learning how to see the signs of gender at an early age, and these pictures demonstrate the difference in their tail feathers.

This is a male:


This is also a male:


This is a female. Notice the very well defined up-side-down "V" feather formation as opposed to the males' fluffy tufts.

4 comments:

  1. Viking Granny!!!!October 3, 2009 at 11:50 AM

    Thanks BETH this is great! I am going to go and check the wheatens right now! Your pics make it so obvious.... Sammye said her RIR are girls! Woo Hoo!

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  2. Viking Granny!!!!October 3, 2009 at 2:30 PM

    It appears that Beth is absolutly correct.... if we are right.... these four will be two roos (Darcy and Bengley) and two hens (Elizabeth and Jane) How wonderful!

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  3. BreezeOctober 3, 2009 at 4:32 PM

    YAY, hey Eva, Beth, the to Rhode Island Reds are HENS!!! YAY!! I am so happy!!

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  4. Joy!October 4, 2009 at 2:50 PM

    Me too a/c Breeze

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