How do you tell the sex of a chicken that is 10 weeks old????????

Question

I have four chicken's that I don't know what sex they are!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

usually u can tell by their color. light brown dull colors are usually females while males are usally dark colors and may have sum red in them

also males combs grow larger. combs are the red things on their head. the males spurs are longer too. spurs are on their legs

u'll probaly have to wait a lil bit longer to know

Answer 2

At 10 weeks the roosters are most likely to be the ones with larger combs, though this doesn't always work. It's like a 75% chance.
However the sure is way is that by 10 weeks the birds will be completely covered in feathers. If you look at the hackle feathers (neck feathers) the roosters will have POINTED ends on their feathers, and the females will have ROUNDED feathers.
It will also be around 10 weeks, probably later, that the roosters will 'attempt' to crow. (It sounds more like they're killing each other, but they're trying to learn how to crow)

If people start posting about wing feathers, ignore them, that doesn't work with all breeds of chickens and also it only works with day old chicks.

Answer 3

Well . . . if you go find a book on chickens they may have pictures of roosters versus hens. Unfortunately, chickens are notorious for throwing hermaphridites. Most roosters have prominant combs and longer plumage than hens. You should definitely start seeing these sex-linked characteristics by age 6 weeks. The one exception is Seabrings, males and females look exactly alike.

-an old chicken raiser and vet

Answer 4

Male chickens, cockerels, are larger than pullets, females. They will be taller and wider breasted as well as developing noticeabley larger combs and wattles, the red things that dangle beneath their beaks.

Answer 5

Listen to their clucks. The males go: Cluck, Cluck. And the females go: Bawk, Bawk. If that doesn't work, start saying- Come here boy- or Come here girl... that should easily separate the males from the females.

Answer 6

See if they are growing combs . Then watch the combs. You will tell when they are bigger

Answer 7

compar their tails and combs, if the comb is bigger and tail is smaller than others than its male and vice versa.

Answer 8

FLIP IT OVER AND LOOK AND SEE IF ITS GOT A TINY LITTLE CHICKIE DICKIE