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IN the first 3 days you can tell the sex by the wing feathers as they are sex linked = inherted gene.
Hold the wing out so you can see the feathers and if the end of the feather posts have tiny feathering, it is a female. If the post is straight to the end with no feathering, it is a rooster.
When you set the eggs to hatch, always use only the rounded eggs if you want females. Any points at the ends of the egg is a rooster as a rule.
Did you know that the mother hen knows what sex her babies are before they hatch ? And the mother "talks" to her babies while they are still in the egg. Every chick knows its own mother even if you have several mothers and sets of chicks. Each chick will know their own mother - and they say chickens are not smart ?
The mother hen knows what eggs are fertile and growing and what ones are not, or those that have died in the shell , and she pushes those aside out of the nest.
Chickens are a lot smarter then anyone knows !
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoThere are not very many ways to sex a chick.
- One way is by color. Some colors and varieties have different colors for males and females - they can be sexed as soon as they dry off after the hatch.
- Very few hybrids can be feather sexed. This means when the birds feather out in their wings with the first flight feathers, males will have all the same length and females will have alternating short and long feathers.
- All other breeds cannot be sexed without vent sexing. Only a PROFESSIONAL can do this, otherwise you will KILL the chick.
Other "wives tales" methods DO NOT WORK. "Scruffing" this can easily cause them permanent neurological damage. All other methods, such as laying them on their back, do not work.
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∙ 12y agoI leave that to the professional sorters or hatcheries. Trust they get the boxes marked correctly when sending them to the farm store or to you through the US mail. My uncle owned a hatchery when we were growing up.
Probably the only family in our medium sized town which raised chickens in the house and back yard! By 6 weeks we had a farmer who took them from us. Like a baby, they also get up at night and peep until attended to. By the way, it was always the Easter gift, colored chicks. Before the weekend was over, we would also get all the city dwelling cousins' chicks too.
In truth, for the average grower, not depending on the professionals, you have to wait for the sounds made by the chick as they age. A crowing chick is the rooster, the clucker is the hen. You can Google that info easily.
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∙ 10y agoFor most baby chicks, you will just have to wait until they start showing sex characteristics to find out in they are hens or roosters. However, in some chicken types, there are ways to tell the difference between males and females early on in their lives.
1. Feather linked sex trait: in the first 24-72 hours of life, there is a definite difference in the growth of the primary feathers on the wing. The longer primaries will belong to the male chicks. Growth of these feathers is delayed in the female.
2. Color linked sex trait: In the Red Star chicken, the males will be white and females red as chicks. Also when crossing Rhode Island Red with a Barred Plymouth Rock, the male chicks will have a distinct white cap on an all-black body; whereas, the female chicks are all black.
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∙ 11y agoYou cant. You will have to wait till their about 6-12 weeks before you can tell their gender.
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∙ 13y agoone has a penis and one doesnt
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