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There are a couple of different ways to tell:
First, their sounds are different, Boys say "chi chi chi" a one syllable sound. Girls say "buck wheat buck wheat" a two syllable sound.
Second, the way they look, the Boys wattle will be more like if your hand was cupped, the Girls wattle will be more flat and smaller.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/102830_guineaheads.jpg
Also the males have a more upright tall posture, longer legs, and are always on the defensive and on the look out, while Hens are more low to the ground and usually sport a "bustle" or hump/lump on their rear end area between their wingtips. Search for "bustle" on this forum's search option up top on the right, it should pull up a thread with pics. The 2 syllable buck-wheat call is fail-proof tho. The males do NOT make that 2 syllable call, ever.
There are a couple of different ways to tell:
First, their sounds are different, Boys say "chi chi chi" a one syllable sound. Girls say "buck wheat buck wheat" a two syllable sound.
Second, the way they look, the Boys wattle will be more like if your hand was cupped, the Girls wattle will be more flat and smaller.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/102830_guineaheads.jpg
Also the males have a more upright tall posture, longer legs, and are always on the defensive and on the look out, while Hens are more low to the ground and usually sport a "bustle" or hump/lump on their rear end area between their wingtips. Search for "bustle" on this forum's search option up top on the right, it should pull up a thread with pics. The 2 syllable buck-wheat call is fail-proof tho. The males do NOT make that 2 syllable call, ever.
