I can't tell what gender my 3 week old chicks are.

[chicks13]

Hello, I have 3 chicks a Brahma, Plymouth Rock, and a Cinnamon Queen. I am worried that they are roos because I don't want to get attached and then have to give them away. I don't know how to sex them do you guys have any strategies?

 

[Mvan42]

Post pics. How old are they. Comb and waddle growth and color tells you most of the time.

 

[Wezdin]

3 weeks is still a bit early, but still post pics anyway.

 

[Rooapalooza]

I think 3 weeks is too young for almost anyone to be able to tell. You can post pics though. It starts to get a little easier to tell at around 6 weeks.

*If any of them have a lot of wattle development and red combs already, they are probably boys. By 6 weeks in some breeds you can also start to see hints of boy feather colors coming in... sometimes it's red/orange on the shoulders, sometimes it's a slightly different pattern than the girls. It's easier to tell if you have a bunch of each breed to compare them.

 

[chicks13]

I think 3 weeks is too young for almost anyone to be able to tell. You can post pics though. It starts to get a little easier to tell at around 6 weeks.

*If any of them have a lot of wattle development and very red combs already, they are probably boys.

Chick 1 (Cinnamon Queen)

 

[Wezdin]

Chick 1 (Cinnamon Queen)
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If that is a first gen cinnamon queen it is a cockerel, could you get a pic of it in natural lighting?

 

[chicks13]

what do you mean by first gen cinnamon queen?? The photo you sent was a Brahma not a cinnamon queen.

 

[Wezdin]

what do you mean by first gen cinnamon queen??

A cinnamon queen is a sex linked breed, 2 different breeds are bred together meaning that all roosters will be white as chicks and all hens will be brown. This doesn't work when you mix 2 cinnamon queens together, though.

 

[chicks13]

A cinnamon queen is a sex linked breed, 2 different breeds are bred together meaning that all roosters will be white as chicks and all hens will be brown. This doesn't work when you mix 2 cinnamon queens together, though.

I have no idea how she got bred but she is developing brown feathers on her chest.