3 week BR, is she/he a hen or rooster?

[chickmamat]

This is our girl Blu. She has the best personality! But we can’t have roosters where we’re at. She’s pretty much the boss of all our chicks (10 total). I’m new to chicks but I’ve been reading a lot and I’m a little worried she may be a rooster? Her comb seems to have grown really fast and she sure likes to strut around. We’re pretty attached so hoping we won’t have to give her away here one pic of when we first got her(blue background), and 2 of her now. 14 days between photos.

 

[Carson20034433]

It looks like a hen to me.... hold the chick with one hand and take a wing and spread it out with the other.... then check and see it there are two layers of feathers... if there is two layers check and see how far apart each individual feather is.... if it has a feather space between the middle it’s a roo if I doesn’t its a hen.... good luck and tell me what you think it is

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Too young to tell gender

 

[Carson20034433]

Too young to tell gender

No it’s not I do it all the time and have almost a 90% success rate!!! Try it one day

 

[lazy gardener]

Definitely a pullet.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Feather sexing doesn’t work on purebred. To sex a barred breed from the feathers you look at the color. A male will have wide white/grey bars and a female will have wide black bars. This is a young pullet.

 

[Carson20034433]

Feather sexing doesn’t work on purebred. To sex a barred breed from the feathers you look at the color. A male will have wide white/grey bars and a female will have wide black bars. This is a young pullet.

Works with my purebred wyandottes and bantams... even worked on ducklings

 

[lazy gardener]

Feather sexing can only be done with birds that have been bred to be feather sexed. Barred rocks, in a good strain are auto sexing. That is a pullet.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

It looks like a hen to me.... hold the chick with one hand and take a wing and spread it out with the other.... then check and see it there are two layers of feathers... if there is two layers check and see how far apart each individual feather is.... if it has a feather space between the middle it’s a roo if I doesn’t its a hen.... good luck and tell me what you think it is

No it’s not I do it all the time and have almost a 90% success rate!!! Try it one day

If you're talking about feather sexing, it only works if a slow-feathering breed is bred with a fast-feathered breed. This chick was most likely not bred like that.

 

[Carson20034433]

Feather sexing can only be done with birds that have been bred to be feather sexed. Barred rocks, in a good strain are auto sexing. That is a pullet.

I have no clue what any of that means!!!