You don't say how old the chicken is. Cockerels will develop comb and wattle much faster than a hen and spurs on the back of the leg will appear as small bumps by the age of six months.
Cockerels are more aggressive than hens and this will show in the birds interactions among the flock at an early age.
If you still have doubts about the gender, place the bird in an area of the barn and toss a plastic lid from any bucket over the birds head (a frisbee will do) a cockerel will react by going on alert and looking around to see where the "danger" went...a hen will crouch down and often stay still with her head close to the ground waiting for it to go away.
i heard 3 meathods. 1.make an 0 with your thumb and pointer finger and hold the chick by the head.if it struggles, its male.if its pretty calm, female. 2.look at its feathers on the edge of the wing. if the chick has two uneven rows of feathers its female.if both rows are even.male!!! 3.this is special 4 rir's. females have dark spots on her head or back.males have stripes suposedly.hope this helps.-Natalie
NO, neither breed is sexlinked. What you need to do is breed a Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire rooster with a Barred Rock(Black Stars) or Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire rooster and a Silver Laced Wyandotte, Rhode Island White or Delaware hen(all Red Stars) and you will get sexlinked chicks. The chicks that hatch out solid black are pullets(hens) and the chicks that hatch out black but with a large yellow dot on top of their heads are cockerels(males).This answer is wrong. The rooster has to be the Rhode Island Red and the hen the White Leghorn. The pullets will have reddish fluff and the males will have yellow fluff leading to white feathers.
Rhode Island's state mascot is the Red Rooster(Rhode Island Red).
Up to 1 foot 7 in height. In mass up to 9 inches.
Golden Comets, Red Stars and Cinnamon Queen are all red sex-linked birds. They are hybrids created by taking a Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire Red rooster and crossing him with a White Rock or Plymouth Barred Rock, White Leghorn or another light hen. These chickens are not a breed - they are hybrids bred for egg production and the fact that the female chicks will be red and the male chicks will be white. The Golden Comet has a White Rock mother, in most of the references I found, and the Red Star will have a Plymouth Barred Rock mother. So they are similar but different.
Here is a picture of a Rhode Island Red Rooster. The Rhode Island Red is the most wellknown chicken in America.
NO, neither breed is sexlinked. What you need to do is breed a Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire rooster with a Barred Rock(Black Stars) or Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire rooster and a Silver Laced Wyandotte, Rhode Island White or Delaware hen(all Red Stars) and you will get sexlinked chicks. The chicks that hatch out solid black are pullets(hens) and the chicks that hatch out black but with a large yellow dot on top of their heads are cockerels(males).This answer is wrong. The rooster has to be the Rhode Island Red and the hen the White Leghorn. The pullets will have reddish fluff and the males will have yellow fluff leading to white feathers.
In Oregon, Rhode Island Red Chicks can be purchased for $2 a piece. Check the related links below for a link.
a light red with males with lighter heads
The state bird of Rhode Island is the "Rhode Island Red" (a type of chicken).
Rhode Island's state mascot is the Red Rooster(Rhode Island Red).
The Rhode Island Red
The Rhode Island Red can be found in a chicken coop.
Mutts. The size of silkies - arent truly bantams or large fowl.
It was called Rhode island red.
Rhode Island, hence the name Rhode Island Red.
Up to 1 foot 7 in height. In mass up to 9 inches.
The official state bird of Rhode Island is the Rhode Island Red Chicken, adopted in 1954.