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Question

what species of chick is this?? well what do you think

and how do you determine the s*x of a chickens (above 3 weeks of age)

Answer 1

They look like Rhode Island Reds.  We had some of them. The easiest way to s*x them is wait till they get a little older and the males will start to grow more of a Comb then the females.

OR You could expels its droppings with a squeeze of his thumb, open its vent with your  fingers, peers through a magnifying lenses and determines its s*x. But this should be left to pros that know what they are doing.

http://scienceblogs.com/twominds/2008/04...

Or what we did was wait.  When they get a little older you can start to tell them apart from the. The males start to have a  more of a comb then the females.  The Males have larger Combs also they tend to start little fights when they get older with others males.  

Here are some photos of RI Reds

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/R...

Answer 2

They&#039;re your typical /Gallus gallus/ aka red junglefowl, like all domestic chickens--or do you mean what breed? It&#039;s hard to say, you can&#039;t really tell with chicks beyond a certain point; the adults will most certainly be reddish colored, but that&#039;s all I can tell you. They could be Rhode Island Reds, but I won&#039;t say anything definite because there are other reddish-colored breeds out there--if these are your chicks then perhaps the person you bought them from could tell you.

As far as sexing chicks, the &quot;squeeze&quot; method may not help you if you don&#039;t know what to look for. My advice is to do as snowflake suggested and wait until they&#039;re older; mature hens and roosters are visually distinctive from one another, but even before then the roosters will begin to crow. It sounds more like they&#039;re being strangled when they first start, but it&#039;s quite distinctive.

Answer 3

They look like production red chicks.  These chicks, or at least the females, will lay brown eggs fairly well.

Those chicks are NOT 3 weeks of age.  They are 3-4 DAYS of age. By 3 weeks, the chicks have much more feathering.  By 6 weeks, all but the head will have feathers. The head will remain with down until about 8 weeks.  Fast feathering breeds will have all of their feathers in by 4 weeks of age. (Leghorns).

Now, as for sexing chicks.  The males will be the easiest for a beginner to s*x.  Their combs and wattles will begin to turn an orange color (eventually turning to red) and will begin to grow.  The females combs will be much smaller and will stay pale until about 3 weeks before laying starts.

Answer 4

What do you mean? There&#039;s no picture.

Answer 5

My guess would be Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire. As for sexing, they boys will comb up quicker &amp; will have a &quot;ruffle&quot; or thin neck feathers. The hens usually have a bang tail [ straight edge to end of tail] &amp; are more slender in the legs. It is by no means a hard &amp; fast rule, but it has worked for us over many years of having chickens.