To tuck or not to tuck? Is there a difference between boys and girls?

[burquechick]

So, I read in Storey's Guide that roosters do not tuck their heads in their wings when they sleep. I'm just wondering if this is a genetic thing or a head gear thing. I just caught my month old chick doing this, and I'm wondering if it could mean she's a girl? Have you seen your chicks tuck their heads then grow up to be roosters? And, how true is this statement from Storey's Guide anyway?

 

[CindyG]

I have roosters who "tuck".

 

[gritsar]

My current roo doesn't tuck his head, but my former roo did. I have 7 cockerels in the brooder (5 cornish Xs, a silkie and a turken). I've seen at least three of them tuck their heads, all the cornish Xs.

 

[burquechick]

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Do these roosters have a lot of head gear?