Instruction
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Of course, an experienced birder will be able to distinguish a cock from a chicken and in very small age. But if you are not one of them, you can try to determine the sex of a bird folk ways. One of the most common — take a chicken in the neck from behind with two fingers and lift up. Cockerel will lower the legs down and the chicken will attract them to the body. Even poultry farmers claim that this method is reliable with an accuracy of 85%.
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If you don't trust people's methods, wait until the birds 21st day. At this age the Chicks can already see some sexual characteristics. Of the chickens feathers are replaced by faster infant fluff. Sometimes you can even see a young rooster without feathers, as they first grow and then fledge.
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The two-month age external differences between a hen and a Cockerel becomes even more. Roosters are visible in the crest and beard, the spurs appear, the legs become much longer and heavier than chickens. In the tails of the cockerels appear braids — rounded feathers. Of course, many of the signs depend on the species of birds, however with precision you can say that the braids of the chickens never happens.
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At the age of five to six months, chickens begin to lay eggs. Actually, this is the easiest way to determine the sex of your birds. If you failed to do this before, wait until this age and watch his birds. If the bird begins to lay eggs — this is definitely a hen. If you found a rooster on the nest, don't go to doubt his gender. So roosters are show chickens that found a safe place for oviposition.