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I think Skye may be a boy...

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I obviously haven't read the age on the ring right because I'm sure Skye is an immature male... It's a cruddy zoomed in photo because s/he is very nervous but tell me that isn't a new ring coming in!? It wasn't there before...



Am I going crazy!?
 
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Hens also have a slight ring; don't get too excited about it lol.


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I know haha, I keep Asiatics. I have an Alexandrine hen that looks like she has a beard :lol: But it's not just the faint line in the feathers it's like shadowing that has just started to come in :)
 
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They are only the slightest amount but not much! You'd know if she was. They go to next to nothing haha
 
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I agree, hens can has a very slight ring. But saying that sometimes males can take a really long time for their rings to come in. I had one that was supposed to be a female and I had her for over 2 years before she developed a full male ring thus proving she was actually a he.

Alex's are the same. My first two boys developed their rings at 14 months yet the offspring of one of those boys didn't develop their rings until they were nearly 4.
 
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The hen Alexandrine I have has a beard almost but definitely a hen, she's laid haha! The thing is with asiatic hens they tend to just have a line almost, if that makes sense? Not so much shadowing. I don't think I'm explaining it well. When I got Skye she just had the line, now she's moulted there's a lot of shadowing
 
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I would suggest a DNA test they cost $20 and are easy to do


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Yeah I've done plenty of them. I used to use Avian Biotech for £14. If I send them overseas I can get them for £4, even better :lol:
 
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That is who I use as well


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