![]() ![]() ![]() Update: Since first posting this, I have raised many dozens of bantam cochin chicks, Buff Brahma Bantams, Frizzle Cochins, and Silkies from Ideal Poulty as well as some chicks from eggs. If you have any tips for sorting the genders of bantam chicks, I would love you to leave a comment below to help others out. Differences between Pullet and Cockerel Bantam partridge baby chicks were almost non existent in this group until after 6 weeks old. We had one pullet, Harley, and she was the one with more barring, less gray, and not much foot feathering the one in front left, but we didn’t know it for sure for another week after this photo was taken. The rate of feathering was the same in all four, but three were slightly darker in general and more burgundy in the hackles area. Partridge cochins – 5 1/2 weeks, one has a slightly different pattern than the other three, kind of barred, not yet pencilled. If you have any suggestions for determining cochins’ gender, comments, or tips, please leave it in the comment section below…I would appreciate the help since we love Cochins.I have a long way to go before I can confidently sort cochin genders any earlier than 6 weeks.It wasn’t until the comb developed on the one male at 5 1/2 to 6 weeks old, that I could tell any differences. Both sexes feathered in at the same rate. The buffs were the hardest to tell the genders appart early on.Before that, the patterns were all kind of barred looking. Then, the boys feathering colors started to change and be more dramatic and colorful. The partridge chicks looked all exactly the same until sometime around 6 weeks old.They also acted more friendly and confidently. The black cochins males were the only variety to demonstrate all the signs I was looking for: slow feathering on wing bows, tails and backs, plus pink combs early. The black cochins bantam cockerels started showing male traits between 9 days old to about two weeks old.The following is a summary of what I noticed with this group of chicks: It took a few more days to many weeks for the differences between Pullet and Cockerel Bantam baby chicks to emerge. The day they arrived, I could see no indicators of gender at 2 days old. The day the baby chicks arrived from Ideal Poultry. Note: I have a more recent post with detailed info on sexing bantam Cochins. In the U.K., the Pekin breed is one of the most popular for backyard chickens. I am trying to keep track of the differences between Pullet and Cockerel Bantam baby chicks with notes and pictures. I have read around BYC that most of the time gender in bantam cochins is pretty easy to determine between 4 and 6 weeks and that the males feather in much slower than the females on the back, tails, and wing bows especially. Summer 2010, we ordered bantam cochins, Pekins as they are called in the U.K, and they aren’t sold sorted by gender at day old because of their tiny size. ![]()
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