Male or female?!

[Cklass90]

I'm totally new to chickens and got a this exotic chick in with my others. I think I've figured out it's a white crested black polish? But male or female?! How do I tell??

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Wait until it's around 12 weeks and post photos if it's a polish, they are harder to tell when younger.

 

[Cklass90]

This photo was meant to be in my original post but I don't see it. Only about 3 weeks old right now

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Way too young to sex at this age.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

You do have a few months to go. It does look like a white crested black polish.

 

[Cklass90]

Way too young to sex at this age.

So I have a question...when you buy from a hatchery and you request females how do they know? Is it a thing where you tell straight out of the egg then you can't for a while?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

So I have a question...when you buy from a hatchery and you request females how do they know? Is it a thing where you tell straight out of the egg then you can't for a while?

The chicks from a hatchery are vent sexed by professionals after hatching.

 

[Cklass90]

The chicks from a hatchery are vent sexed by professionals after hatching.

Ah ok thanks for satisfying my curiosity! I'm new to all this and it's all fun learning

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Ah ok thanks for satisfying my curiosity! I'm new to all this and it's all fun learning

Happy I could help.

 

[34Fam]

My neighbor has 4 polish chickens. At 5 weeks one of them popped out with red waddles and the other 3 not at all. It was super easy to see the difference in them....they were from Ideal poultry.