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How To Distinguish Male Chicks From Female Chicks in 1 week old Cochins

How To Distinguish Male Chicks From Female Chicks in 1 week old Cochins

Can bantam chicks be sexed as day old and if so how do I sort baby pullet chicks from cockerels? Telling the gender of my bantam chicks was a problem for me when I first started keeping chickens, but through a bit of research and careful observation over many clutches of chicks, I learned how to tell the genders with better accuracy. I share what features I compare in the bantam baby chicks in this post.

Not Breaking My Broody Hen

Not Breaking My Broody Hen

Just recently my buff bantam Cochin, Daisy, decided it was time try to start another brood of chicks.  Crazy moody hen!  Her chicks from the last batch are only 11 weeks old this week.  She had only been back to laying for about 3 weeks when she started talking broody and staked out her territory in the nest area again.  Lucky for her, my son’s white Cochin, THX1138, also went broody within a day or two of her.  The poor…

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