what are chick behaviors/looks that would suggest it's a rooster?

[chickenmamalp]

Thanks for your help

 

[MowNGrow]

Yep agree bow helpfull alot, thanks here too

 

[darkroo]

I was informed after picking 12 chicks and ending up 5 hens that if they were all hatched on or about the same day, the larger healthier looking ones are usually male. So that is the last time I use that method. This year I'll pick the scrawny tiny shy ones.

 

[gritsar]

Quote:
My dark brahma roo was the scrawniest, unfeathered, ugly little thing for the longest time. He now outweighs my hens by about 7 lbs.

Just to illustrate the point:

Thor then:

Thor now:

 

[darkroo]

He certainly is a handsome bird!
But the odds have to be in favor of smaller being female.
The words look hollow but it's all I have past magic.

 

[Betty Lindsay]

I sure hope so! ALL 8 of my chicks are play fighting and charging each other. I hoped a FEW of them to be hens
I have one Silkie, one Americauna, one ?, one bandy, two leghorns, two Golden Buffs

 

[Coop de Grille]

I have 18 chicks that are 10 and 13 days old. Today I was video taping them playing when my cat walked by. Two of them stood straight up in a guarding rooster stance while the rest ran away. I was pretty surprised to see that at such a young age.

 

[Betty Lindsay]

good plan, I think, haa