Unmasking the Rooster: The Surprising Truth Behind Brian Whiddon’s Latest Exposé
As we were waiting for the eggs to hatch back in June, we studied up on how to tell if the baby chicks in a brood were male or female.
For some breeds, you can tell by feather patterns. That’s SOME breeds. Some sources say you can tell in the speed of development in combs and wattles. Apparently, males develop theirs a little sooner than females. Hmmmm. All our birds still look pretty much the same in that respect.
Within the same breed, I’ve read that roosters put on weight faster than hens do. Unfortunately, all our birds are NOT the same breed and the birds’ size is quite varied. Another publication told us that you can spread out the chicks’ wings, and note a difference in the length of the flight feathers. Females have all the same length and males have two different lengths … or was it vice versa? Well, we tried, but that went nowhere fast either.
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