Is it safe to say

[CrazyFowlFreak]

that the chicks with red combs and wattles that are mock-fighting each other are boys?

 

[gritsar]

Depends on what age they are that they have the red combs and wattles. All chicks do the chest bumping thing. It's part of setting up the pecking order.

 

[Wynette]

Pullets will flare their hackles at each other and even sometimes at a cockerel. But I would say that "typically," it seems to be the cockerels that do it the most from my observations.

 

[CrazyFowlFreak]

The ones that are doing it are 4-5 week old's. We shall see, right?

 

[gritsar]

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At 4 to 5 weeks old, betcha if you posted pics BYCers could pick out your likely roos for ya.

 

[CrazyFowlFreak]

Cool! Off to charge batteries for my camera. We have a farmers market every Friday here in town and would love to find most of the cockerels a home.