Hi again, well I'm in need of your help once again. I need to know if this chick is a boy or girl please! I'm slowly getting more experience in sexing chicks but cant decide on this one! Not a real good photo, can take a better one in the morning if necessary,Thanks in advance!

Edited May 29, 200817 yr by jenene283

better photo please...I have mixed feeling it looks like the cere type of a male because of the smoothness and the bulbous of the nostrils but pale like a female, did you use a flash?

better photo please...I have mixed feeling it looks like the cere type of a male because of the smoothness and the bulbous of the nostrils but pale like a female, did you use a flash?

Yes I did. Will take a better photo in the morning without the flash!

My instincts say it's a hen...

A - it's cinnamon so there's a greater chance of it being a hen.

B - It's cere colour looks opaque and white with a tinge of blue, like young hens get.

Although that's not a definate... A better picture in the morning without flash would be good

Pretty bird by the way

What were the parents? That would clear it up a bit too

My instincts say it's a hen...

A - it's cinnamon so there's a greater chance of it being a hen.

B - It's cere colour looks opaque and white with a tinge of blue, like young hens get.

Although that's not a definate... A better picture in the morning without flash would be good

Pretty bird by the way

 

Agree with Libby on this being a cinny ..........

Here is a clearer photo I have taken just now - hope it helps clarify if its a boy or girl!!

What were the parents? That would clear it up a bit too

These are its parents Elly!!

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/jen...udgies014-1.jpg

Edited May 29, 200817 yr by birdluv
changed 2nd photo since it was over the boards size limit of 640X480.

I'll say a Hen

I would say hen also, but I've been wrong before....hehe

it looks like a male but at that age l'm not great at sexing them

Edited May 29, 200817 yr by birdluv

I say hen because, even though the 'rings' around the nostrils are not defined, they are there in a blurry sense, and the colour of the cere is right for a hen - male would be more pinky/purple

this is a photo of one of the babies from the first ever clutch i had. He is about three weeks old and is a boy.

hope this helps!

 

Its a hen Jenene

yes hen, Liv is right with the cere being more purple in male for this mutaion .....

Thanks very much everyone, it's great to call on you all for help!

The parents, I can't see that the hen is a cinnamon so it would have to be a hen because the father threw the gene which I don't see he is a cinnamon either, if I am right on that then genetically you could only have a hen, that is what is wonderful with the sex-linked genes if you know how they work you can sex your babies immediately.

Hen from me also not olny because her cere is an opaque white/blue like most young hens are, but also because of her genes