On baby chicks and gender, when they're young and awkward, you just can't tell. But, I'll tell you that my best guesses are by looking at the legs. I can't be certain that I always had the right chicks matched to the right gender, but I can say that usually however many chicks I see with a heavier shank is pretty close to how many boys there were in that batch.
Still, you just have to wait and see, and let time tell. You won't know for certain until an egg is laid or there is crowing.
It's especially hard when you have a singleton chick of a breed. We had a bantam chick who I swore was a boy-in-waiting until I found the egg 'he' laid.
Still, you just have to wait and see, and let time tell. You won't know for certain until an egg is laid or there is crowing.
It's especially hard when you have a singleton chick of a breed. We had a bantam chick who I swore was a boy-in-waiting until I found the egg 'he' laid.