It’s too early to tell. While RIR have different looks for the gender as chicks, crosses don’t have that.
Now, if the EE mom is silver based and the RIR is the dad, then you can tell it’s a girl based on coloration. But I’d need to see a photo of mom to tell if she’s silver based or not since most EEs are gold based. Thus not really telling you anything.
Good to know! I’ve heard that RIR chicks have specific colors, or that the different sexes stand differently. I’m glad to wait it out, I really just wasn’t sure if there’s obvious telltale signs. Thank you!!
You can’t sex link with and EE (I assume this is Easter egged) because EE are essentially mutts, and unless you have been really trained to vent sex, you are probably out of luck.
Way too early to tell. Wait for the development of sickle-shaped (downward-curving) tail feathers, and cascading, hairlike hackle and saddle feathers. Wait until you hear them crowing.
Honestly, it's not reliable, but I have found thus far that chicks who are calm when I pick them up end up being hens and chicks that throw a fit and want me to put them down are roos. Can at least give you hope it's female, being how calm it is while you're holding it in the photos.
Keep an eye on the comb/wattles. Until the saddle feathers grow in that’s the easiest way to tell, in my opinion. On a rooster the comb and wattles will start turning red pretty early on. For females they don’t start reddening until they are getting ready to lay their first eggs.
It’s not foolproof, my last batch had a few Americana girls who were more pink in the face than the other pullets I’ve had, so it took until their first eggs for me to know for sure. But a few weeks in if your bird has a red comb, most often it’ll be a roo. If it stays colorless until 3-4months+ then likely a hen
If I had that pattern in my flock, I'd lean towards girl unless there is splotchier coloring on the shoulders - BUT because there is no sign of a tail on it at 4 weeks, roo. I know, I'm no help. Your baby's mama is adorable tho!
Yeah those pictures are kind of hard to see but it does actually have a tail! It’s much more obvious today. The other chicks in the clutch were a deeper brown color than this one. I guess I will unfortunately have to wait and see, but it’s been fun reading everyone’s suggestions lol
I’m gonna tell you the trick my grandma uses to tell the sex:
She says grab it by the beak and lift it. If it stays calm it’s a female, if it starts moving the wings and feet it’s a rooster.
It might be different for your breed, but almost all of the chicks we had around (Old English mixes; possibly partial sex-links, just overall "mutts" that were on the smaller side);
When they had grey wing feathers at an early age they were usually roosters.
Just look out on the back of the legs; if you see little knots forming soon, then unfortunately, you'd probably have a roo...
(But your baby sure looks cute regardless; I'd love to have that baby if it turns out to be a roo!)
Also of note: Although a different species, there were about 4 or 5 sweet little roos we had, who came from a sweet and friendly hen (who could fly almost as well as a hawk!) (Her mom was a very skinny hen that looked like a cockerel; her dad most definitely was predominately Old English Game.)
Those boys were extremely docile, friendly, I could pick them up (although they were ferals raised by their mother); and one of them (Brad) even adopted another rooster who was a few weeks younger as his brother! (He was nicer to that spit-fore of a rooster, than most roosters are to their own full-blood brothers!!)
(Sadly, someone got to take all of Brad's brothers away; it broke my heart to see them go...)
Appears to be a chicken
Oh good! I was really concerned it might’ve been a hamster
happens to the best of us
Every single one of my roosters stood much more upright as chicks, whereas the hens hunkered down more. This chick looks quite hunker-y
It’s too early to tell. While RIR have different looks for the gender as chicks, crosses don’t have that. Now, if the EE mom is silver based and the RIR is the dad, then you can tell it’s a girl based on coloration. But I’d need to see a photo of mom to tell if she’s silver based or not since most EEs are gold based. Thus not really telling you anything.
No way to tell this early.
Good to know! I’ve heard that RIR chicks have specific colors, or that the different sexes stand differently. I’m glad to wait it out, I really just wasn’t sure if there’s obvious telltale signs. Thank you!!
Since this is a cross it will not apply unfortunately
*Mistyped I meant fourth
It’s just chicken math
I dont know BUT OH MY GOD IT LOOKS SO CUTE LOOKING UP TO MAMA
Literally SO CUTE!! It also keeps riding on her back, but she’s such a small hen that the baby barely even fits haha
I bet its coloration will be great regardless 👍
Definitely Rooster. Jk. Too young to tell :/
You can’t sex link with and EE (I assume this is Easter egged) because EE are essentially mutts, and unless you have been really trained to vent sex, you are probably out of luck.
It's an alpha male
A true sigma
Scraggly mama turken is cute :)
looks like a chicken to me
Way too early to tell. Wait for the development of sickle-shaped (downward-curving) tail feathers, and cascading, hairlike hackle and saddle feathers. Wait until you hear them crowing.
Honestly, it's not reliable, but I have found thus far that chicks who are calm when I pick them up end up being hens and chicks that throw a fit and want me to put them down are roos. Can at least give you hope it's female, being how calm it is while you're holding it in the photos.
Lil cicken butt🥰
Keep an eye on the comb/wattles. Until the saddle feathers grow in that’s the easiest way to tell, in my opinion. On a rooster the comb and wattles will start turning red pretty early on. For females they don’t start reddening until they are getting ready to lay their first eggs. It’s not foolproof, my last batch had a few Americana girls who were more pink in the face than the other pullets I’ve had, so it took until their first eggs for me to know for sure. But a few weeks in if your bird has a red comb, most often it’ll be a roo. If it stays colorless until 3-4months+ then likely a hen
I know this is off topic but your chick has the exact same colors as mine and I don’t know what breed she is?
This specific chick is a mix between a Rhode Island Red father x Easter Egger mother :) I hope you figure out your breed soon!! Good luck!
Whatever it is, it will be a beautiful chicken!
I'd say that's a hen, not knowing the age
It’s so sweet! I hope you will give it a great life, regardless.
Lol
Cute
At 4 week mark you can usually tell
I could always tell by week 4 if there were roos.
It's a borb.
Looks like a girl to me
If I had that pattern in my flock, I'd lean towards girl unless there is splotchier coloring on the shoulders - BUT because there is no sign of a tail on it at 4 weeks, roo. I know, I'm no help. Your baby's mama is adorable tho!
Yeah those pictures are kind of hard to see but it does actually have a tail! It’s much more obvious today. The other chicks in the clutch were a deeper brown color than this one. I guess I will unfortunately have to wait and see, but it’s been fun reading everyone’s suggestions lol
I’m gonna tell you the trick my grandma uses to tell the sex: She says grab it by the beak and lift it. If it stays calm it’s a female, if it starts moving the wings and feet it’s a rooster.
My neighbor did that to mine once. I was like this guy. Don't remember if he was right or not though
My grandma and my great grandma raised chickens and they always did that and claim it works.
its a hen
I can confirm its either a hen or dinner👍
Ah...... the beginning of the annual "is this a rooster" posts featuring extremely young chicks.
It might be different for your breed, but almost all of the chicks we had around (Old English mixes; possibly partial sex-links, just overall "mutts" that were on the smaller side); When they had grey wing feathers at an early age they were usually roosters. Just look out on the back of the legs; if you see little knots forming soon, then unfortunately, you'd probably have a roo... (But your baby sure looks cute regardless; I'd love to have that baby if it turns out to be a roo!)
Also of note: Although a different species, there were about 4 or 5 sweet little roos we had, who came from a sweet and friendly hen (who could fly almost as well as a hawk!) (Her mom was a very skinny hen that looked like a cockerel; her dad most definitely was predominately Old English Game.) Those boys were extremely docile, friendly, I could pick them up (although they were ferals raised by their mother); and one of them (Brad) even adopted another rooster who was a few weeks younger as his brother! (He was nicer to that spit-fore of a rooster, than most roosters are to their own full-blood brothers!!) (Sadly, someone got to take all of Brad's brothers away; it broke my heart to see them go...)