How to Tell if A Chick is a Hen or Roo

[@montanajones7709]

What the hell is even the point of giving this video a thumbs down? I see those on vids like this where there is nothing offensive, no mistreatment of the animal and the content is educational. The only thing I can think of is a bunch of ignorant people hate education? Anyways. Thanks for the vid.

[@montanajones7709]

@LagiNaLangAko23 that still leaves the question? what's the point?

[@montanajones7709]

@LagiNaLangAko23 gone are the days when everyone can just enjoy a video and "like" it without the content creator not being suspect for using "like" bots. Thanks for the reply

[@lesliejacobs3002]

Could of just been a fat finger mistake.. I have done that before and then noticed it.. maybe they didn’t..but why worry..?

[@montanajones7709]

@Leslie Jacobs wow, I forgot about this video entirely lol... replying to a 4 year old comment. Unreal

[@rhondajennings517]

Accidentally pushed it?

[@OnlyTheChronic]

Excellent advice! Those Silkies are just almost impossible for me. My very first batch was what was supposed to be 6 hens & a roo but it was the complete opposite lol.. The Farmer assured me he was rarely wrong for 40+ years on his chickens.. well... lol.. Silkies are just a whole other kind of hard to tell & I just go by behavior and that's pretty accurate but takes a while.

[@downbntout]

Nice clear efficiently paced vid, ty for getting the info across wo wasting ppl's time

[@havok9717]

Best advice..I am noticing some are growing combs and some not so much. They are only 3 weeks old and have been dying for a way to tell. I think I know now!

[@sumasaum]

Really awesome delivery.

[@kimber45ish]

Thank you so much for all this information. You're the best!

[@MrAnimalFarm]

You're welcome!

[@lovdolls]

Thanks I had just looked today and decided from the combs I had two hens and a Rooster. Didn't know about the feet.Mine are 3 weeks old now.

[@MsCherokee70]

Do you have any Black Australorp chicks that you can show? Be great to see the difference in 1 day or 1 week Olds, for Roo and a pullet 🤔 My 15 Australorps chicks will be here on the 16th. *hatching & shipped on the 14th* My Valentine babies! 5 Roo's & 10 Pullets. I need to make sure they sent the right ones.

[@mamtasinghfriend]

This is one of the most precisely described video.

[@barbarabrewer8890]

Thank you so much for this amazing informative video it thought me how to get a hen instead of a roo

[@crazylove565]

Great video! I wouldn't have 5 roosters now if I had seen your video in 2015! My hens are egg layers and over the past 2 yrs they've hatched a lot more chicks. I've never killed a chicken yet, and know I'll eventually need to. The next batch of roosters will be roasters, now that I can tell who's who!

[@christinewilliamson4850]

How can one kill one of these fluffy babies. I have 11 and i have to sell the boys or maybe well just separate

[@Abbie_Loves_John]

@@christinewilliamson4850 they taste good

[@moonsprit]

​@@Abbie_Loves_Johnthe dude isn't lying

[@dmcfarlane4976]

I always heard that the hens’ tail feathers come in a couple of weeks earlier than the roosters’.

[@jancole6961]

the length of the tail is a good indicator as well.

[@Love4MetalandSteel]

Wife and I just saved a little fella yesterday morn. And thank you for the video..

[@boobear6256]

Rosters are great,have you ever had one?

[@ConfedVet]

You can also tell by the wings. Hens have a double wing.

[@charlespartak2435]

Thank you for this video. We have orps and brahmas and we suspect that at least 1 , maybe 2 of our brahmas is a rooster. We bought them on 2 occasions at a co-op and they are all around a month or so old. Ill have to check the feather tip shape to make sure.

[@CandysGarden]

& did you notice the length of their butt feathers. the roo's was a lot shorter than the hen's. That's how I tell mine from each other. the hens grow theirs in a lot quicker than the roos

[@kevinsweeney2052]

In my experience. In the roo thetale feathers star growing out earlier than the hens.

[@crazylove565]

Wow! Another great tip on how to tell one from the other! Thanks!!

[@tulipsmoran5197]

Short, stubbie, even tail feathers are indicative of male. All my BCM show this.

[@rhondahale2231]

Yes I have found in all my Morans the tail feathers are the best way to tell and they seem to start at about a week old. Hens are faster to start then the roos catch up around 4 weeks

[@royablett4555]

They are called tale feathers

[@BIBLE-UNBUTCHERED]

Excellent information

[@iangao8471]

this is great info because i don't want any animal in my house waking me up in the middle of the night and i actually found a rooster that i had and most of the others are probably hen and also i really like this video.

[@wilrausure6901]

Great job.. TYVM for putting yourself out there.

[@josegonzales4297]

Great video thank you very much 👍👏👏

[@michaelmcclure8673]

My girlfriend has started raising chickens 3 years ago, she asked me the best way to tell the difference. My reply was when the bird crows its 🐓.

[@paijoaf]

cute and healthy chicks sis👍🤝

[@cornfedlife]

Good info! Thanks! 🤠

[@katrinawoody6268]

Thank you I always was taught that if you spread the wing out the what I call armpit feathers would be long on on a male and short on a female or the other way around I can't remember and I thought that was the only way to tell at a young age thank you again you've shown me a couple different ways to tell a male from a female

[@leahmae125]

This is great. Thanks. It is the only video on Utube that actually makes any sense.

[@lindacaldwell6251]

Not to mention his personality!! He was pissed and vocal!!

[@Jcauto-t4r]

The wing test is a better way and can be done just about a week after born

[@katrinawoody6268]

Can you explain the wind test I was taught years ago but I forgot which one is which one

[@BrrmBrrmm]

hello everybody this is another stupid tips about keeping your Chickie's happy but true so we can you to do is sometimes you have to pet them gently don't hold them and on their back just pet them put them gently so they can be calm and keep on doing that until they are, so keep on repeating that every single day and they will love you when you leave them alone they will literally cry out until they see you literally that's what I do every single time hope it works if you actually don't know that

[@n.m.1850]

Thank you Mr. Animal Farm!!!

[@kellylynn1224]

Thanks I jus figured out by what you said I got at least 1 roo from your video

[@Godisnotjesus1967]

Hi. Thanks. My Q is..... I have a native chicken that grew slower and look like hen but it attempts to crow. In familiar with roosters 8-10mnth old trying out there vocal cords. Kinda like someone trying gitaar first time. But this one have fluffy feathers down bottom rear end. I noticed young hens get that fluffy feathers when almost ready to start laying.

[@gotskinn]

Sooo? What happened? Was it a hen?

[@janemarler6380]

Very helpful!

[@mallowtail214]

My chooks are silkies and they always look the same!

[@darkbubblepenguin9865]

Mallow Tail * chicks *

[@abbyedgerton9804]

@@darkbubblepenguin9865 it's how they say it down under in Australia

[@mrzzz9839]

Guys i jave two chick The first one has clear red stuff in its head but with short tail and another has long tail but small red stuff on its tail

[@xygamingchief4651]

Short tail and red top is a rooster, it has a short tail because roosters feathers grow slower than hens

[@robbrush3863]

So baby roosters and chickens look the same when they’re just born and around the chick phase or younger then say 2-3 months?

[@Darkened_Sky778]

I have 2 baby chicks they are not even 1 week old and there comb is growing very fast idk they both are male or female can u please tell me.

[@keithball238]

the best way to tell if its a hen or rooster that young all the way down to day old ...hold it by the neck for a few seconds if it hangs its legs its a girl if it kicks and spread wings its a rooster

[@heathermariedollface]

Just started to notice the comb! I have 2 roosters out of 7! Will they get along? Thank you for the video!!!

[@Jessiesgirl1964]

I have 2 roosters and while they are big on showing off,jumping and threatening each other at times,they get along well overall. They had a few tussles when they were teenagers(lol),but now they just posture at each other sometimes.

[@xygamingchief4651]

My rooster had a son who sized him up sometimes but the dad put his son in place

[@MariaMorales-rg7tw]

This may have already been mentioned but it wasn’t in the part that I watch. How old are the chicks in this video?

[@MrAnimalFarm]

If I remember correctly they were about 8-12 weeks.

[@heatherk8931]

She said 4 weeks at the beginning

[@heatherk8931]

​@@MrAnimalFarmout said 4 weeks, which is about right due to their size. Right ?

[@elmo.builds]

we just got 6 chicks and they are not close to4 weeks old so can you make a vid of if they are not close how to tell, please

[@MrAnimalFarm]

Unless they can be sexed via color which is only specific colors and breeds, you'll likely need to wait until you can start to see some of the signs discussed here. The only other really good ways to sex super young chicks - DNA testing or vent sexing.

[@illyannaturtle6950]

awww! are those little black australorps? I have one myself and she's super sweet. Great video, thank you!

[@rfoehn5215]

Nope. Black Copper French Marans.

[@Vincent-ds3kc]

At local stores where they sell chicks, how do i tell if they are a hen or rooster, are they specified at the store? I can't have roosters because I live at a block with a lot of houses in an urban city.

[@-Toxici]

if the chicks at the store are labeled pullets then they should all be female

[@cyruskirumba2603]

I am 4rm Kenya how l differentiate my chicks (kienyeji)is by legs ,wattle and combs always

[@DeweyDEWMANBrown875]

Thank you. Excellent

[@BoydsrandomAlt]

the looking at their waddles and combs is in accurate i had a han have a rooster body and have giant waddles and comb but no spur and was blind in one eye then had a hen have big spurs her name was spurs

[@MrAnimalFarm]

Hi Dylan, Combs and Waddles are some of the best ways to tell if you aren't vent sexing. There are, of course, always anomalies.

[@BoydsrandomAlt]

i know it a good way but not a 100 percent reliable vent sexing is a hole lot better

[@magiv2]

I also have found some breeds vary

[@jesusjimenez5750]

I have like 100 or 90 little chicks it's very hard to take care so much

[@VTECsqznN2O]

very helpful, thank you. :)

[@Maddie-co6fk]

Thank you so much!!

[@shahidmerchant2841]

How to dis baby chicken name

[@fortnitemaster4194]

When do they get the cone

[@LingwallLiving]

That's great information. Thanks. We got 11 australorp birds online and 7 of them were roosters. Do know how to tell the difference at a couple of days?

[@MrAnimalFarm]

Hi, it is really pretty impossible to tell at a few days old unless: 1) You get them vent sexed which is typically only done at hatcheries. 2) It is an autosexing breed (you can tell by their color at hatch if they are male or female). 3) Some people have success with feather sexing. We have not used this before. My understanding is that only certain breeds can successfully be feather sexed. Some breeds you can start to tell sex faster. For example, the Marans in the video above. Since we breed these and see them all the time, we can usually start making good guesses around 4 weeks old and know for sure by 6 weeks. Some breeds, like Silkies are way harder. They have smaller walnut combs, and can be almost impossible to know until they are several months old.

[@sethrollinsmeg3999]

+MrAnimal Farm um can I get a chicken for free in a way?

[@sethrollinsmeg3999]

Um yes.

[@gotskinn]

I don't know what to do if I end up w a bunch of roosters. 😔 My impulsive butt jumped into this chicken thing w no idea of what I was doing! Pandemic 2020, baby. Just trying to provide for ourselves & my kids better. I wish I had learned ANYTHING before I went & did that. Impulsive & dumb of me. I have already taken one to vet! $105 for 5 mins. Idk WTH I am doing! I am really good at talking myself out of things, so I just jumped in the fire. 💣 Thanks for making vids.

[@MrAnimalFarm]

Hope our content is helpful for you as you learn more about your new additions. Chickens aren't too hard once you know the basics and you'll never want to eat a store bought egg again ;-)

[@gotskinn]

@@MrAnimalFarm I am in love w them. I never knew chickens had so much personality. Is it possible to feed too many mealworms?

[@MrAnimalFarm]

@@gotskinn glad you're enjoying them. While I don't think you can feed "too many", keep in mind that's not a balanced meal for them. So you wouldn't want them to stay filled on those and not eat their regular feed :-)

[@gotskinn]

@@MrAnimalFarm yes. I get that. I bought them the best feed & added nutrients I could find. (I had 2 of same breed unable to walk) vet didnt help me at all. They were malnourished from our local feed store, where they make their own GARBAGE food. I just like to give them mealworms (like 5 times a day) so they will trust me. Would you compare it to cookies? Thats how I think of meal worms. I feed live & dried.

[@brendaeuly3557]

What about day old chicks.?

[@MrAnimalFarm]

Unless they're an autosexing breed or can be feather sexed, you'll have to wait until they're older. Vent sexing is possible, but must only be done with proper training.

[@p_o_t_a_t_o_6063]

Lol great video! I just gotta say the title seems weird to me because I am from Australia and roo is a nickname for a kangaroo so it just seems really weird to me like are you saying your chick could be a kangaroo? Lol I know you don’t mean that! Anyways great Video

[@heatherk8931]

😂

[@sinovenatorsamyt4213]

My chicken was a hen, she laid eggs. Then, she grew spurs and started to crow. What is this?

[@MsKala88]

TheUtahraptor Channel I have a pack of hens and one started doing that. I think if there are no males they took on an alpha female pack role if they are free range chickens. That is just my observation and not based on any scientific facts. It is interesting they do this.

[@sinovenatorsamyt4213]

MsKala88 oh ok. I was getting worried!

[@deegee1921]

I would ask alex jones

[@hurtstotouchfire]

@@MsKala88 / @TheUtahraptor Channel, this can happen if one of her oviducts fail. Chickens can "change gender" from female to male due to hormone changes after the failure of one or both oviducts. The resulting cockerel will be sterile, but can serve the social purpose of a rooster (guarding for predators and keeping peace among the hens). Kind of the best of both worlds really.

[@valentinavorontsov6809]

wut kind of chicken are they?

[@MrAnimalFarm]

These are French Black Copper Marans.

[@jekjeklaron7008]

How many months your chicks is?

[@MrAnimalFarm]

They are around 4 weeks old.

[@amandagrosso8879]

What’s the approx age of these chicks?

[@MrAnimalFarm]

They're about 6-8 weeks old.

[@josiah9914]

Chikens we're once Chicks but now there grown up and they lay eggs and I have roosters hens and chicks

[@freedomfisher2496]

I've got 5 Marnans chicks 3 weeks ago, almost 4 weeks old now and all 5 got a big comb like the rooster in this video... I can't keep the roosters so I wish its not accurate at this age haha otherwise I'm the most unlucky ever

[@Zelda-bd5hr]

If they have the comb, is it 100% a Roo?

[@MrAnimalFarm]

All chickens have combs. Roosters combs are larger and develop sooner.

[@Zelda-bd5hr]

MrAnimal Farm Okay thank you

[@caitlynnvaldivia1347]

Hi! Thank you so much for this video it is so helpful! I have two Easter Egger babies and was wondering if the roosters get huge waddles given the beard? Neither of my chicks have any waddle and a very very small comb but they do have little bumps on their feet 🤨

[@yerffej99]

Out of 14 chicks I seem to have one rooster he is the cutest little Rhode island red😍

[@deladally1286]

Thank you

[@christinacook2350]

I have 2 ayam cemani chicks.how can I tell if they are male or female.does anyone else have them

[@jackfleshstalk8383]

Turn them upside down and open up their butt and blow and if You see a little dot that is the penis. I had 4 Ayam Cemani and You can't tell till they get older.

[@TheHotpinkie]

If they have wing feathers, spread their wings out and a pullet, female, her feathers will be in a line across. This is so when she grows up and has babies, she can cover them easier. If the two rows of feathers at the edge are one long, one short one long one short pattern, that will be your cockerel, male chick. You can even use that when they are very young because they will have their feather shafts in the same pattern. To me, the feather way is the easiest and it works for all breads due to it being a poultry makeup for what a hen does and that is provide warmth and protection for her babies.

[@nadia_gorl7407]

How old are thwy

[@zacharyfouts]

No kangaroos in this video. Clickbait! Cockerels or Roosters. Not roos.

[@abbyedgerton9804]

🙄

[@katrinawoody6268]

Roo is short for rooster. I think cockrell is an offensive name and term.

[@wudchk]

@@katrinawoody6268 LOL - be offended. They're cocks, cockrells, not roos, roos are what they call kangaroos in Australia. A rooster is a mature male bird. So even calling them a roo is incorrect.

[@usmanufsman2653]

Very good

[@sushilamedhi2493]

Nice

[@Pollo-Train]

i have 9 australorps and 6 turkeys..... its hard lol

[@fauxque5057]

My uncle taught me to pick up chicks by the base of the skull and let the body hang down. If it draws up its legs, it's a hen. If it leaves its legs extended its a Rooster. He had thousands of chickens on his farm. Along with a large herd of dairy cows, and hogs.

[@Tibb91]

Roosters are wilder, from young age :D

[@214memaris9]

I had a rooster that looked and acted like a hen but turned out to be a black pekin/bantam Cochin rooster, fairly calm and not to aggressive plus he gets along with my Porcelain D’uccle

[@heatherk8931]

I hatched my first ever, and it was so alert and spunky, I should have known it was a rooster. And surely, he is😂 At 3 months Paddy (3/17 hatch date) is as big as my 16 month olds!😮

[@turdferguson7813]

Can't tell when they're that young.

[@litahsr.8226]

yeah but those look like 2 weeks or something what about 1 day hatch?

[@MrAnimalFarm]

Day olds unless they are an autosexing breed (females are one color and males another), the only way to tell is through vent sexing which can be harmful to the chicks unless you know exactly how to do it. So, you will have to wait a little bit to tell.

[@anthonypoole6901]

Wings

[@maloriepeterson1706]

I have 7 chicks, and they are amaricanas, and silver laced wiendot, so it’s going to be hard!😅

[@kerolousaymen2725]

I have a roo noooo i whanted a hen

[@pedrofuckboi5237]

Go to the channel Izzybelle and see if her chicks are roosters

[@koma-san2692]

Umn....thank you? I have no chicken...

[@shawnprivate5322]

Um,weird much

[@litenhagefarm]

Thanks for the info. I might have a rooster then. :(

[@MrAnimalFarm]

You're welcome.

[@sushistorm5945]

Are you worried if you need to eat it up if the neighbors complain? It’s alright. There’s this way you can do by tying a collar or string around their neck, not too tight. Then they won’t annoy you and your neighbors. You welcome 😂

[@worldentertainment3857]

That's great

[@denalarkin64]

I love you videos. This video. Does help alot but it is bad to hold chicken s upside down . It will mess with there head 😕

[@MrAnimalFarm]

Thanks :-) We weren't holding it upside down. The camera angle does look like it, but we were just holding it sideways to check legs etc. Totally safe for a short timeframe :-)

[@jamieshorter7093]

Cool...

[@makinlablabsiin7318]

I heard when incubate the eggs that are rounder is female and the longer eggs is male. Don't shoot me if I m wrong, just heard thru the grapevine.

[@jadogrr8537]

ballvèr

[@گۆڕانیکوردی1]

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[@talks2much2]

Misleading because ALL breeds aren’t the same and the grow & evolve differently… So using combs & wattles shouldn’t be used for sexing! You should pull your video or make sure you add the breeds you are using … Shame on you for misleading people!!!

[@MrAnimalFarm]

thanks for watching, as we do state the breed at the very beginning of this video and also mention that different breeds, such as Silkies may develop combs and wattles at different ages :-)

[@heatherk8931]

​@@MrAnimalFarm❤ I'M GLAD I FOUND YOUR VIDEO ❤ I think it's very helpful and well done. I googled difference between male/female Delaware chicks and got sent to yours, starting at 2 min in. Even tho wrong burd, I found useful info because I watched from the beginning. I hatched 9 and do notice the bigger feet, attitude and will note waddles, combs at 4 weeks just to see how it works out. I plan to color band what I think are males by observation, then its wait and see. 🎉

[@heatherk8931]

See my response