Need help sexing 5 week old chicken

[fergersonfarmchicks]

I bough six chicks from Tractor Supply labeled as “Asia Blacks” almost 5 weeks ago. However after doing some research I believe I ended up with four Barred Rocks and two Black Sexlinks. I’ve became quickly attached to this bird and need help determining the sex! This is my first time owning chickens so determining gender is very new to me.

 

[Rose Quartz]

I bough six chicks from Tractor Supply labeled as “Asia Blacks” almost 5 weeks ago. However after doing some research I believe I ended up with four Barred Rocks and two Black Sexlinks. I’ve became quickly attached to this bird and need help determining the sex! This is my first time owning chickens so determining gender is very new to me.

Both pictures are boy.

By 5 weeks a females comb and wattles will not be big, or red.

 

[Pretty Birds]

That is definitely a cockerel.

 

[fergersonfarmchicks]

Thank you all for the help! I figured he was a cockerel. Hopefully he will make a good protector for my flock.

 

[Newbie_Chicken_Lady]

I got an Asia Black chick too, and she does not look like that. But I can tell you he is definitely a rooster.

 

[fergersonfarmchicks]

I got an Asia Black chick too, and she does not look like that. But I can tell you he is definitely a rooster.

Does yours look anything similar to this chick? This picture is two weeks old, but this is one of our “mystery” birds we received out of the Asia black bin!

 

[Newbie_Chicken_Lady]

Yes looks similar to the one I got when she was younger. She is now fully feathered and is fully black with green iridescence. Also my profile pic is my Asia Black as a chick. She is almost 6 weeks old now.

 

[fergersonfarmchicks]

One of mine sounds just like yours, then the other is fully black down to the legs with copper colored feathers down it’s chest. I’ll post a updated picture soon. They seem to be happy and healthy, but boy they sure do grow fast. They will be six weeks old in eight days, then if the weather keeps up they’ll be moving from the brooder in the house to the outside coop.