telling the type

[farmer5]

Can you tell a chickens gender when their just little chicks?

 

[familyfarm1]

Sometimes, it depends on what breed it is. For instance Red-Sex links are auto sexing breeds, if the chick is red then its a girl if its white a boy.

 

[TwoCrows]

Some breeds mature up fast and the cockerels make themselves known at 2 week or so. Some breeds it takes a bit longer. When your chicks are a few weeks old you can post pics in our What Breed or Gender section for some good ID's.