Is my chick a roo?

[Demidog]

My two oldest chicks are about 6 weeks old now. The darker one looks like it's comb is turning red. Do you think it's a roo? It's bigger than the white one which is the same age, it's tail feathers and comb are much bigger. The yellow one has a smaller tail and comb, which is still yellow.





Looks like it's turning red.








Both chicks are the same age, but the white one is much smaller and it's comb is still yellow.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

It's almost impossible (except for huge combed breeds) to tell at this age unless you have all the same breeds. Different breeds combs vary dramatically in size and rate of growth.

 

[bendavbar999]

Impossible to tell as you got diff breeds

 

[donrae]

It's not screaming rooster to me.

 

[Demidog]

I really hope they're all hens. These two are the tamest, the kids have been handling them a lot, the white one is my 3 year old's favorate, it'd be a shame if we have to eat them......

 

[SlowQueen]

Lol! We have 6 chicks we are waiting to get older to be able to tell gender. I'm hoping they are hens, my fiance keeps telling me "If they don't make eggs, then they make legs"! I hope you and I both end up with hens!

 

[rc4u]

at 3 weeks when you hae the same breeds the tails and wings are short on roo and longer on hens..whith none the same breed it is harder to tell like mentioned above but i still have raised enough to tell that long tails equall hens and short roos. so if you ever have 5 or 6 that you can compare at 3 or 4 weeks you will see that ...jeff