Is your chick a rooster or a hen? In this video, you'll learn the early signs your chick is a rooster - and you can tell as early as 3 days!
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I ended up with one Rooster he did the famous singing today for the first time I was giving them water and I heard it and I turn around so fast I was like noooooo please don’t do that. 😩
HAHA LOL! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I tell me rooster everyday (4 months old ) we don’t do that crowing mess around here (keeping my fingers crossed he gets the message 😂😂)
@@lexx3423 lol your only way of having a rooster that doesn't crow is to not have a rooster tbh. I have a black minorca rooster and hes super talkative. I enjoy that though 😆
@@KingKoinPlays Roosters are illegal in the town I live in....I
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It never fails, every time we get chicks, we always end up with some roosters, even though we bought pullets.
That happened to us last year at Tractor Supply. We bought Red Sex Links that can be sexed at hatch by color. Light colored are roosters, caramels are hens. Well, they were all caramel colored day old chicks. But at a week old I noticed when I put my hand in to change out their water or food all the chicks would scurry in fright except for one. That would run up to investigate what I was doing. I knew right then it was a rooster. I was right. From then on he got braver and would try to attack my hand every time I tried to change out water or food and that was only when they were just weeks old. They’re now a year old and he's the meanest dang rooster we've ever had!! He attacks us when we go in to feed them or gather eggs. We have to go in with an umbrella now to fend him off. Incubating eggs now and his butt is history. He's ginormous, strong and breaking down our 10 hens with his weight so we've separated him now. Can't wait to get rid of this evil rooster! We've had chickens for years and never had one so darn mean. Update: We did get rid of him. I tell ya, he won’t be attacking anyone else. I’ve never in all my life had a demonic rooster until we had him. He was just evil. We didn’t even want have any offspring from him because we’ve heard many people say that it can be something in their bloodline. It was so mean we had to put shoe strings on his feet and tie his feet together to help prevent him from jumping up and flogging us. He could still walk since we left enough room for him to move his feet freely and we cut off his freakin 3” daggers too! But he would still jump up so we still had to go in with an umbrella to gather eggs so we put him back in a separate pen until we got rid of his demonic butt! Sad because he was a stunningly beautiful rooster to see. He was huge and just absolutely gorgeous.
I just want the roos to live and I swear I saw some chickens down by the beach do you think I can contribute to that flock with my roos
@@hammermantbg Do not release any chickens or roosters into the wild. That's not kind. They're a domesticated animal and need human care to be healthy and happy.
Angela McLamb 😂 I’m sorry your comment just made me smile! I just got 13 chicks from tractor supply yesterday and I’m so scared I’m going to have like 4 roosters!
@@LoVe-po7xc can you believe i got 9 chickens from tractor supply and 3 where hens
Very informative for this newbie chick owner. A suggestion would be to show pictures depicting your thorough descriptions. The old adage really works at least for most, "A picture is worth a 1000 words." Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge and experiences in raising chickens.
Thanks for the tip!
The alpha hen in my flock (of all hens) definitely crows. She’s so loud! She gives off warning crows if a predator is nearby and crows around the time she lays. It’s interesting.
Does the alpha ever mount others ? I’m just trying to make sure I’m not getting rid of an alpha hen
@@superhornyalienWhen I only had hens in my flock, one of my hen became "the rooster" to show the others that she was the boss. Now I have a rooster. But I never saw my (ex) alpha hen try to mount others. Question, do you only have hens?
Can you please post video of her
Great video! Thank you for addressing this. I especially appreciate the "crowing hen" topic. I thought I was the only one who had a hen that crowed...lol. She was given to me, she's older and bigger than my other hens. Even her behavior is a bit different, she sits higher than the others. Now I won't think that she has an ugly voice or that she's a weirdo. She does lay beautiful x-large eggs. We are blessed to have her and the rest of the flock is too. Looking forward to more of your videos. Thanks so much for sharing. Reno, Nevada.
My alpha hen crows as well. She warns of predators and crows when it’s her time to lay. She’s quite the character. Definitely the dominant, aggressive lady. She’s been a handful. But she’s a good leader!
Great video! I love watching and learning from your homestead and chicken experience. Thank you so much for sharing!
I watched this video a few days after we got chick's. This was spot on. There was on chick that was suuuper cuddly and always looking in our eyes.. always coming to us to be held.. I immediately was suspect it was a roo.. sure enough! No denying it now.. thanks for you videos, they are truly helpful. I have learned a lot
Damn I think I have a rooster😭😭🤣🤣
Thank you for this information.It was so Informative, very much appreciated
Hi, I’m a first time chick buyer! We just got 13 from tractor supply. I’m so excited! We got six straight run ISA browns, 3 ISA white pullets, and 3 California black ones; note: I have no idea what I have 😂 my husband said the black ones are Asian 🤷♀️ there’s one so far whom I think is a rooster one of the small brown ones HELP!!!! I put acv in their water and also have them on the organic starter grow by Purina. Make that 4 On one of those idek which one
Hey there, sister chick! Thanks for this video, I've been searching for some really clear advice videos,ima super newbie chicken mamma and these beautiful birds are turning out to be far more mysterious than I knew! Which is delightful, but I'd like to crack some of their secrets so I can make them safe n' happy...so thanks!
Becky is amazing as well .I can tell she is al about what she does .not commercial .many kudos
Very interesting and useful information, thanks for sharing.
My baby chicks love your pampered chick. I bought it 3x now and 1 regulat Jen. Thank you
I had a feeling mine was but I’m so when I heard my Barred Rock crowing today 😭
I have heard of a neighbour who has a "gay" rooster, doesn't crow, doesnt mount her hens, is very gentle, docile and friendly, just is confused by the "hen squat", only clucks like a hen and is bullied by all her hens and 1 actual rooster. He is a silky if that means anythinh
Omg I’m so excited that someone finally brought up the “look me in the eye” thing that roosters do. It is so creepy!!! Accurate, though.
Thanks for the info. Was pretty helpful. One of my baby chicks is pecking the feet and at my other chicks. It’s only a day old but I had to take it out of the incubator and place in the brooder box. What should I do?
I'm thinking very strong one of my six pullets is a rooster thanks for the tips my new friend here
Me too
Pampers chicken mama is right on time .with great answers to the most common probs .there all great info and not in the sprit of commercialism. Thanx
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you, this was helpful
Glad it was helpful!
I have 4 yellow chicks and 2 spotted chicks, one of each has a larger comb, obviiusly larger. At 3 weeks old, can I tell if those are roosters?
Great info! Thanks.
Another way I can always tell early on is by behavior. Even as early as a week old many roosters will run toward your hand as you go to change our the water or food in the brooder. Unlike the hens who typically scurry in fright to the other side of the brooder. If any tend to run away but then run back up to your hand in curiosity or even jumps at your hand as to flog it, it's a rooster! Mine started doing that at just a few days old and now he just turned 1 and he's the meanest rooster we've ever had! We're hatching eggs in the incubator and he's history.
@Riyaz Ahmad Bangee No, mine are Golden Comets. Also known as Red Sex Links. They lay really large brown eggs and lay even throughout the winter. We've never owned game birds. Never been fond of game birds or meat birds.
Oh no!! I ordered all pullets and have two chicks I’m not so sure about, who run right up to my hand and investigate. Definitely not as weary as the other chicks. I cannot have roosters where I live so I was hoping this wasn’t the case. But I also have a brood of meat chicks, so they may end up in that brooder :( sad! One is a beautiful Black Copper Maran chick and I was hoping it was female. I guess we shall see. All the others are supposed to be red sex link. And the one that may be a roo has a red tipped beak unlike the others. But a couple of the “female” red sex links I was sent are yellow. So I’m not so sure about this brood.
What do you do with too many roosters?
Awesome video. I ended up with a rooster even tho I bought pullet chicks. My city doesn't allow rooster tho. I'm in a bit of a pickle. Really don't want to get rid of my rooster that I just raised for the last 3 months. 😞
I purchased 6 chicks, what would happen if they turn out to be all roosters?
Probably nothing. We have a lot of roosters but because they're all raised together, they don't really fight. They get into some skirmishes, but nobody gets hurt.
Wife's friend got 14 chics from bomgaars and all of them were roos.....
I had a little BB hen that crowed and laid eggs. She was in a little pin by herself and had her own little chicken house. She was our little per. Loved her. My grandkids named her T.T.❤️❤️❤️
I've never had chicks before, until recently. I picked 6 chicks, 4 are probably roosters 😢. I already fell deeply in love with them. What am I to do??. I live in the city. I'm devastated.
I have some Brahma bantams and I’m finding it really hard to sex them because they’re all so fluffy 😣 I’m sure I have 2 cockerels, they have been practice sparing, but another one I’m really not sure of, it looks like the mother but has blue/green wing tips, but it also has blue green slippers, is that any indication or is colour not something to go by? (They’re all mostly a light brown) They’re about 9 weeks old at the moment.
Thank you for the info, my husband and I are new at this only a year into it so we started with six hens and they’re hens, Then we discovered chicken math was real so four more from a hatchery where they said they will sex them and only give us hens they sent five and I’m afraid 2 might be roosters and I don’t know what to do. I’m still trying to integrate them as one whole flock could you please give me some advice? Thank you very much. The newer batch I got in august and we have them in a small run next to the bigger chicken coop which doesn’t really seem to help.
Hello I have had my first broody hen hatch in Late October she hatched10 chicks since it is getting cold at night we put Mommy and baby s in a broader with a ref heat lamp which she stayed with them night and day until week 3 she has left now and they are on there own with us taking care of them. My question is how long should You leave them in the brooder with heat lamp? Since it is cold now in November past Thanksgiving they ate a little over 3 weeks old and are starting to get features, when would it be safe to put them with the rest of our hens and two roostes? Thank you for any suggestions and I appreciate your videos they are really helpful for a new chicken mom like me, I really enjoy my chickens and have them for there eggs😊💓Thanks for any info.....
Why does my roster crow at 2:00 AM .
I had a rooster that crowed all night long until I turned off the light in the kitchen window. I guess he thought the sun was coming up!.😮
I have 3 roosters, but one doesn't crow, he's mating, and he is already 20 weeks, hummm....Is that normal?
Why does it look like she is saying a morse code with her eyes-
Was there anything actually said?
Also, if you check their feet on the inside where the spurs will start growing, you can tell if chick will be a rooster.
I bought 2 Americana’s and they about 9 weeks old. The white one is developing bright red in the comb but not the blue one. The tail feathers are not as rounded in the white one but no crowing yet. I am pretty sure the white one is a rooster but do you know at what age the roosters crow.
They can crow at any age, but mine usually start when they're 10 weeks old or so. That's a very general rule, though. I've had readers with chicks that try crowing at just a few days old.
I think I have two roosters and two hens. I went to water and feed them in the morning and I heard a weird loud crow and I thought the neighbors rooster made his way into my yard and the chicken was flapping wings and I heard it again. It wasn’t a defined crow but yeah.
Excellent video! I'm glad you mentioned androgenous chickens and crowing hens. If you have a flock of one breed it's easier to tell the difference between cockerels and pullets but if you have mixed breed chickens it gets a lot harder. I had a rooster named Rose because he was thought to be a hen until he was about 6 months old he was 1/4 dark Cornish Game and had a small walnut comb and small wattles. Also had a hen that crowed. As you pointed out it was a very specific circumstance. She was top of the pecking order of the hens and we were temporarily without an adult rooster. A young cockerel made some advances towards her and she was having none of that she beat him up chased him off and crowed!
According to your info imma struggle telling if mine are roosters lol. Mine are rhode Island reds mixed with black minorca. I guess I'll have to wait and see lol
As a new chicken owner. I would have liked to seen examples because even after 5 months I’m still so confused as to if mine are roosters or hens. None of them started laying yet.
i had some awhile ago had to get rid of them due to city ordinances but i correctly guessed the hen/rooster ratio if they have straight legs that are taller then the rest =Roo the others with the slightly curved and lower to the ground=hen there was one rooster surprise but that was the barred rock because theyre all black. and couldnt tell with that breed but rhose island red u can do above sexing.
My 5 week old chick got up on the food dish stood straight up puffed Out his chest and flapped his wings I thought I would hear a crow.but not yet
I have 5 chicks that hatched ln October and I can’t figure out if they are males or females
Are roosters illegal in residential neighborhoods? I have three chicks but am worried maybe ones a rooster
It depends on the neighborhood. I'd check with your city council.
Rooster chicks also have thicker long legs.
My alpha hen growls
I am on the fence about one of mine. They are about 11 weeks. Out of 4, I believe I have 3 roosters. However, that is because one of them that still looks like a hen to me is crowing and loudly. He/she is bullied by a definite rooster, but she is a bit bigger than him. I am just learning about these guys , new to this since Mid April. I have 2 Rocks, a Maran and a Leghorn, the most dominant of the bunch by a mile! It gives me hope to think she might still be a she, because I live in a region that does not allow roosters! I found someone to take them and they are coming tomorrow.
I believe I’m in the same boat as you right now. I got 4 pretty sure 2 are male thinking 3 possibly. I don’t know what to do.
I had to quarentine my rooster because he was being a dick. Which his name is Richard now.
lol! Great name
Nice
I bought 4 polish chicks. Praying I have a max of 1 rooster
how do I combine my flock I have 16 pullets & 2 hens the hens just want to kill the pullets.
Remove the hens add the pullets a week later add the hens this way they are not dominant at first
Are they drawing blood or just pecking at them? If it's not safe for the pullets, then I would integrate more slowly. But if the hens are just pecking at the pullets, they're trying to sort out who's the boss. It stops after a few days.
I got a chick with black on the tail and wings, likes talking, yelling and flying. Is it a hen or rooster?
Really hard to say without seeing a photo!
@@pamperedchickenmama says the chick who talked for 10 minutes without a single picture........ Pot meet kettle
I’m so sad right now. I thought I got only females from tractor supply. Now they have combs. And think it’s possible they are all male except one. 😢don’t know what to do.
What breeds are they and how old are they? Depending on the breed females have combs too. If you brought pullets and almost all of them are like that i would think it may be a breed thing rather than you got all roosters
Or you can tell when my 5 week old boys are kicking the butts of my 16 week old hateful pullets. lol Got me a couple of good roosters! :)
we have a chick
I had six chicks, turns out 4 of them are roosters, an 2 hens
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I had no rooster but a hen that crows to funny, just hatched out 8 chicks today mix breeds will be fun to see what I got
I have a hen with a spur on the right leg she’s the boss too she especially doesn’t like roosters but she lays eggs 🥚
My chick is the only one that hatched and I can’t tell which it it?????
Did the video help?
Living The Good Life With Backyard Chickens it helped a lot thank you
How’s the chick?
[milk n’ cookies] good
A Chick Named Stacy that’s good, what’s their name?
I’m thinking of hatching my own eggs if I get a rooster would he get on with his dad and would he mate with his sisters lol
One of my chicks is all black will it stay like that? I'm trying to learn all I can
It's not evolution. God made them, they're adaptable. Cool!
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evolution is a religion
The females are usually more emotional and like to spend your money
Not evolved... created.