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22 Autosex Breeds of Chickens and Geese

Two Bielefelder chicks being held; the female chick is on the left and the male chick is on the right.

Autosex chicks have differing down colors at hatch, by which the males may be readily distinguished from the females. Autosex differs from sex-link in being a straightbred (purebred) characteristic, rather than the result of a hybrid cross between two separate breeds. Here is how to tell the males from the females in 22 autosex breeds […]

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