Chick behavior associated with gender?

[CCourson05]

If a chick is really aggressive as a new hatchling, does that usually make it a little roo?

 

[mommas_got_peeps]

Excellent question..Just asked the same...thing.

We have 3 Golden laced Wyandotts. They are a little more agressive than my Tetras and one imparticularly is either a roo or a very early "pecking order" hen LOL

Will be anxious to see the answers come back on this.

 

[featherz]

hasn't seemed to matter much in my case. unless they start crowing or trying to crow, of course.

I ordered all pullets last year from a hatchery and I had shy ones, aggressive ones that chest bumped all over and really really friendly ones (which made me think roo). ALL turned out to be girls. From my own hatched eggs, I just rehomed one boy that was the shyest most aloof chicken I had while all three girls are all 'in your face' all the time. I've got a brooder full of chicks now that I hatched and I'm basing my 'roo' guesses on feathering because the personalities are all over the place.

 

[Camelot Farms]

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In my experience...no. I have raised hundreds of chicks and not found a 'clue' to gender in their behavior.
However, those who are more aggressive do tend to be higher in the (pardon the pun) pecking order....dominant hen etc.

 

[Happy Chooks]

No. Males and females test dominance with the others.

BUT, there can be some clues..................based on stance. Cockerals have a distinct stance that can be seen at an early age. (as soon as photobucket is fixed I'll put a couple pics up)

 

[Pele]

The answer is yes and no

. The no part is that each chicken has a different personality regardless of gender. So you can (and commonly do) get a really aggressive hen who is basically the queen bee and makes sure the others know it.

The yes part of the answer is that roosters very much do start changing personality around the 6th week, but by then you can usually tell that they're a rooster anyways by the comb.

Hope that clears things up for you!

 

[CCourson05]

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Sweet! This would help out a lot!

 

[BrattishTaz]

I've noticed my little cockerals' posture is different from the pullets. The males IMO are more people friendly and demand our attention more.

 

[kingdr85]

In my opinion the roos are always faster and louder (usually HATE to be picked up) as chicks. I can always tell that the most agile/fast/loud one turns out to be a male.