How to tell if its a hen or rooster chick.

[Meg-in-MT]

Hello! Welcome to BYC!!

Good luck on your new adventure!

Feel free to check out the links below for some interesting reading.

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC. Some breeds can be feather sexed fairly readily, but not the ones that you have mentioned. Vent sexing is roughly 90 % accurate. Chicks from sex linked matings are generally 100 % accurate.

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Sorry. As mentioned, day old chicks are vent sexed by people with a lot of experience and they usually only guarantee 90%. Some breeds are sex-linked and you can tell by their feathering at hatch. For the rest, you can make guesses based on redness of comb and wattles, leg shank thickness, stance, behavior how they feather in. You usually have male specific feathering starting at around 12-15 weeks. You just can sex chicks that young.
You are basically getting straight run chicks. You will eventually be able to tell the pullets from the cockerels. If you can have cockerels, you can re-home them or eat them.

 

[007Sean]

Howdy and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[N F C]

Hi, it's nice to have you here with us!

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

Welcome to our eggcelent flock here at BYC

 

[gander007]

Welcome to BYC great to have you joining the flock

 

[Pork Pie]

Hello and welcome to BYC - thanks for joining us. You can post pics of your chicks once they are 8 weeks or so on this forum -
What Breed Or Gender is This?
This is a useful link of BYC guides to take a look at announcements-feedback-issues-guides.3 I’d suggest including your location using the guide in the link. You can use this link to contact members in your area - Find your State's thread.

Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[cppeace]

Welcome!
When it comes to small chicks (under 6 weeks) it generally isn't easy for most breeds. Some breeds are colored different at hatch (Sex-linked or just specific patterns differ).
By 6 weeks many breeds cockerels begin developing larger and more pink or reddish combs. Some though don't most all chicks can be sexed by 12-16 weeks. Cockerels begin developing thin saddle feathers

You'll be able to pick up tons of great knowledge here.

 

[Cordelia_Adler]

I was worried I had an accidental roo from TSC. She was really noisey and from what I could tell was attempting immature crows. Has a HUGE comb. It's the LH in the photo. Bigger than her obvious sister (not pictured). Caught her in the act so luckily I don't have to find her a new home. I was so relieved. It can take a while to really be sure!