How to distinguish a rooster from a hen

Note the appearance of birds. The chickens are very well evident sexual dimorphism. Males differ from females by a large weight and size and pronounced secondary sexual characteristics. Cocks large, well-developed crest, with long curved and more colorful tail feathers and a distinct cere and earrings. Roosters of some breeds on the feet visible large spurs. But all of this is already apparent in Mature age. If you want to determine the sex of your birds in a quite young age, please be patience and train your observation.

Look at the feathers of your chickens. If you have chickens colored rocks, they can be distinguished by gender within a day after hatching. For females breeds Rhode island and new Hampshire distinctive black stripes on the head or dark spots at its base. If the chicken has no spots or stripes before you is a future cock. Also note the color of the webs of the wings. In females it is red with a white tip. But the males have the middle of the wing a white spot. Look at the speed the tail: you may notice some difference between a roosterand hens. Males fledge a little slower.

Try to see the kids have a genital tubercle. If the chickens you had colored or you are not very strong in the diagnosis of the spots in form and color, there is another method of sex determination in birds at an early age. After 15 hours after hatching to determine the sex of a method of identifying a sexual tubercle. Take chicken in his hands and carefully inspect the area of the cloaca. The males in this place there is a typical genital tubercle, females not fold and cloaca without bumps.