Question: how to tell the difference between male and female chicks?
Answer: How to tell if your chicks are male or female. The sex of most breeds of chicken cannot be determined at hatching. Usually by 6 to 8 weeks of age, the combs and wattles of male chicks will be larger and redder than those of females, as in the photo of sablepoot chicks below (male on the left and females on the right).