When can you tell if a chick is a rooster?

Answer 1

By the time a rooster is 4-6 months old it should start to crow. If you have others of the same breed to compare it to you can look at the Comb, as roosters will generally have a larger comb. Roosters also tend to be more colorful, hens tend to be more bland in color.

Answer 2

Ways to tell if a chicken is male or female:

• If the chicken crows it is a male
• If the chicken lays eggs it is female
• Male chickens usually have large combs on their heads but females have combs also
• Female chickens have rounded feathers while males have pointed feathers.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD IN THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN FEMALE CHICKENS WITH CURLY TAIL FEATHERS I HAVE SEEN MALE DUCKS LIKE THAT MOST TIMES YOU TELL BY THE CROW OR COMB OF A CHICKEN AND ALSO THE MALE IS BIGGER THEN THE FEMALE USUALLY DEPENDING ON THE BREED.

A ROOSTER IS A CHICKEN.

Answer 3

When the chick is a day old, you can pick them up by the scruff of their neck.If they kick their legs, they are a rooster. If they pick their legs up like their laying down on the ground, they are a hen. Also, if they are older and they have a biger,reder comb, and they have a longer, more colorful tail,it's a rooster. If it's comb is lighter and smaller and it's tail is shorter, it's a hen.

Answer 4

Sexing chicks is a difficult job to do well.

Vent sexing or identifying the sex of a day old chick by looking at its sexual organs is done by very well trained people. It takes a long time to learn how to identify the more than 15 different shapes of the cloaca. Chicks are often damaged or killed by squeezing them too hard when done by a novice handler.

Feather sexing is based on feather characteristics that differ between male and female chicks. The feather appearances are determined by specially selected genetic traits (sex-link) that must be present in the chick strain. Many breeds of chickens do not have these feather sexing characteristics and the feathering of both sexes appear identical. Day old chicks sold at hatcheries are sometimes offered with this genetic trait.

The easiest method of sexing chickens by the novice small flock owner is to care for the birds until they begin showing the natural secondary characteristics of their gender. In males, the combs and wattles will become larger than those on females and the head will become more angular and masculine looking. Spurs will start to develop on the inner leg. The females will remain smaller than the males and will be more refined or feminine looking. At about two months old and if the chickens are free range, tossing something over their heads will produce a noticeable reaction that will help. The hens will put their heads down and remain still, the roosters among the flock will look up and run around looking for the perceived danger.

Answer 5

Chickens can be sexed when they are about a day old.