3 week old BCM, can you tell the sex?

[PRchick]

Here is a picture of the chick in question. That comb seems pretty big for a 3-week old. What do y’all think?

 

[JedJackson]

HUGE comb. Most likely a cockerel but wait a few more weeks to be sure.

I agree.

 

[AltonaAcres]

HUGE comb. Most likely a cockerel but wait a few more weeks to be sure.

 

[PRchick]

Don’t worry, it won’t be killed, it will have lots of hens to watch over. I’m just curious. Just thought that big of a comb being so young meant it could be a cockerel. And of course, will wait a few more weeks to see what it is.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Don't be fooled by the comb of the Marans? Mine I got this year, I suspected was a cockerel turned out to be a pullet.
Here she is about the same age.

She's now 8 months old, started laying at 7 months.

 

[chickenaskquestion]

Don’t worry, it won’t be killed, it will have lots of hens to watch over. I’m just curious. Just thought that big of a comb being so young meant it could be a cockerel. And of course, will wait a few more weeks to see what it is.

Oh and try to keep the same hens looking after because some hens or rooster might kill it. So try to make the same hens looking after it. Oh and the reason I was asking not to kill it is because in hatcheries employee's just let the female chicks go and kill the males for no reason. Like I think they are crazy because without a rooster the sperm cant fertilize the egg so that other chicks can be born. This might lead to chickens being extinct.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Age in those photos?


They kill the males for many reasons.
I don't suppose chickens will go extinct anytime soon.

I believe 4 weeks old, just 1 week older then yours.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Age in those photos?


They kill the males for many reasons.
I don't suppose chickens will go extinct anytime soon.

Fact, there's more chickens on earth then there are humans.

 

[chickenaskquestion]

I see... I see... I see a male chicken. But just because it's a male dont kill it like other people do. All chickens have a purpose in this world.
Oh by the way your chicken looks very beautiful. Don't recognize him as a pet recognize him as family.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I'm thinking pullet, I see no wattles yet.