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I have read on other sites that an early way of sexing CFW chicks is that the young hens seem to have the darker heads then the young cock birds... is this the case or just an old wives tail?. I have three about to jump 2 have quite clear heads one a lot darker so I was thinking two cocks one hen?

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Andy,

As a rule of thumb I would agree with that, but there is always an exception in my experience.

Are you finding that this year you are breeding more cock chicks than hens? My ratio is about 2:1 with Normals and CFWs. Whites are about equal & Pieds are a bit small yet.

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thanks.. cfw I only have 3 ready to jump an it looks 2-1 I have another 5 that are too young.. fawns only bred  hens so far but have 6 full eggs being fostered. all my silvers are cocks..( but have had 3 die at 26 days that were definitely hens)  as it happens by the looks of things my normal are about equal... so over the shed at the moment I am about 50 -50. sounds daft but I leave a bowl of water on a window shelf.. to help with humidity. I read that humidity when the hens are sitting makes a difference. i can not remember which way round but less humidity = more hens or vice versa. maybe another old wives tail but every little helps.

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