what to look for in a baby cockerel help needed

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gritsar, thanks for re-posting that info; I had copied it off one of your other posts and I can't remember where I put it.
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Very helpful.
 
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Crowing is a very individual thing. Some folks have roosters crowing at a few days old and others don't crow till they are closer to a year old. I had one start at 10 weeks old. His brother started trying at 15 weeks.
As Jenski said, it's easier to tell the cockerels when you have other chicks of the same breed to compare them to.
 
gritsar said:
His stance is a little different from the others.  His comb is slightly larger and pinker (from what I can see in the pics).  He has thicker legs and he's not feathering out the same; he's still pretty bare across the wing bows.  The wing bows are the rounded part of his wings i.e., his shoulders.

ETA:  For future reference:


According to UC Davis Veterinary Care Program.

2. Physical Characteristics (4-6 weeks of age)

a. Comb The cockerels comb is medium size and pinkish, the pullets is small and yellowish.

b. Legs The cockerels legs are sturdy and long, the pullets are finer and shorter.

c. Tail The cockerels tail is stumpy and curved, the pullets is longer and straight.

d. Back The cockerel has a thin line of stub feathers down the center of his back, the pullet has more advanced feathering along the center of her back.

e. Side of neck, flank and crop The feathering in the cockerel in these areas is poorly advanced, the pullets feathering in these areas is well advanced.

f. Wing bows In the cockerel the wing bows are bare, in pullets the wing bows are covered with small feathers.
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Hi,
I have some chicks that my friends and I are trying to determine ad of. They are only a week old now. Do you mind if I copy and paste your "how tos"?
 
I have my 2nd batch of chicks right now that are almost 13 weeks old. They're all clearly hens. But, when they were 4-6 weeks old I was absolutely convinced my SLW was a rooster. 100% convinced. S(he) was on Craigslist. Fortunately, the threat of severe weather cancelled my Craigslist meeting with an eager taker and we never reconnected. So, I was wrong and she is a she. And she is turning into a real sweetheart-also ironic as she was completely neurotic until she was about 8 weeks old. Could barely pick her up.

I have no idea if your chick is a roo or not but I think it is worth waiting another several weeks before coming to any sort of conclusion.

I'll keep my fingers crossed that your little one is a pullet :)
 

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