determining gender of baby chicks

[yazzymon]

When is the soonest I would know when chicks are what gender?

 

[yazzymon]

what am I looking for in differentiating genders of chicks?

 

[Mahonri]

Welcome to BYC.

It depends upon the breed and or variety.

Sex links you can tell at birth.

others take anywhere from 4 to 6 weeks.

 

[yazzymon]

Thank you very much for the warm welcome!
I have an unknown rooster type and various eggs that were layed that day from many types of hens. Non of which were sex links, so I'll need to wait. what am I looking for, what details?

 

[yazzymon]

what's an EE? How can I post pics of my rooster and hens etc for identification?

 

[yazzymon]

I do not get how to post an image here....help, anyone???

 

[Quesse]

Quote:
Go to the top of your webpage and select "Uploads"

It will bring up a new page and the button "Browse" will be on it.

Click that and a new window with a list of files from your computer will appear.

Select from one of your computer's folders a picture that you want to upload.

Select "Submit".

On the right corner of the Upload page, is "My Uploads", select that.

It will take you to a new page with your current list of images. Copy the address listed underneath your image and paste that into your forum post.