At what age can you tell the sex?

[cafarmgirl]

Even chicks of the exact same age and breed can mature at different rates. Give this bunch a couple more weeks and it may be easier to pick out any roo's. At this age, unless a bird is a sex link, most of the time it's all just a guessing game.

 

[countrydream7]

I have 7 bjg chicks I thought I had 5 hens 2 roos now im guessing maybe 4 roos 3 hens hard to tell only 5 wks old I guess ill find out soon enough ...they are so pretty growing fast. cant wait to putm in there coop

 

[Alicecoop]

I have 3 porcelain D'Uccle & 4 Dominique's / leghorn they are 5 weeks old. By the looks of all the posts I see I'm not the only one impatient about finding out the sex. I am guessing like me everyone wants to keep only one rooster and doesn't want to get attached to the ones that will have to be given away. At what age will I be able to tell for sure or we talking eggs and crowingVIDEO]

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[Ol Grey Mare]

I have 3 porcelain D'Uccle & 4 Dominique's / leghorn they are 5 weeks old. By the looks of all the posts I see I'm not the only one impatient about finding out the sex. I am guessing like me everyone wants to keep only one rooster and doesn't want to get attached to the ones that will have to be given away. At what age will I be able to tell for sure or we talking eggs and crowingVIDEO]



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I would go ahead and start your own thread so that your post isn't lost in the mix of this thread

 

[Northchickenmomma]

Yes, it will help us if you can tell us what breeds you have, and if they are large fowl (standard sized), or bantam (the miniature sized chickens). Or, if you don't know the breeds, if you'll send photos, we can help you try to identify the breeds.

In my experience, some breeds are slower to develop feathers: the Cochins, Salmon Faverolles, Jersey Giants, etc. Basically, the heavier breeds. I also think that large fowl birds tend to develop more slowly than the bantams.

With a lot of my bantam breed chicks, I could get a pretty good idea of sex by looking at combs & wattles around 3-4 weeks old. With the large fowl breed chicks, I could look at combs & wattles by 6-8 weeks old.

If you want to wait a little longer, once the chicks get their saddle feathers (which are the feathers on their back, near their tail), this is a great way to tell girls from the boys.

Here's a photo example from the American Buckeye Poultry Club, which shows how a pullet's saddle feathers (on the left-side of the photo) are rounded and wide; a cockerel/rooster (on the right-side of the photo) has thin, sickle-shaped feathers.


If you want to share photos of your chicks, we can all help you guess!

Cand u tell the sex of my 4 week old sasso chicks?