autosexing
/ˌɔːtoʊˈsɛksɪŋ/
noun
- The ability to tell the sex of an animal (especially birds) at birth or hatching by looking at its appearance, such as feather color or pattern.
- Breeders developed autosexing varieties of ducks to save time and labor.
- With autosexing, you don't need to wait weeks to know the sex of your chicks.
- Autosexing in chickens allows farmers to separate males from females right after hatching.
adjective
- Describing a breed or variety of animal that can be sexed by appearance at birth or hatching.
- The Cream Legbar is an autosexing breed of chicken.
- Autosexing strains are popular among small-scale poultry keepers.
- They bought autosexing pigeons so they could easily pair them for breeding.