when can you tell what they are by feather color

Hi In a variety such as partridge rocks can you tell what are males and female by the color of their feathers as they come in?
My 3 chicks are approximately 5 weeks old and all three have the
same brownish barred feathers coming in. I thought maybe the males
would be different.
Geri

If they're barred, you can usually tell when they hatch by the spot on their heads.

Sushi wrote:If they're barred, you can usually tell when they hatch by the spot on their heads.

They were two weeks old when I got them and they all looked the same
Geri

Sushi wrote:If they're barred, you can usually tell when they hatch by the spot on their heads.

Sushi, you are thinking of barred rocks. The partridge ones are similar to the partridge chanteclers and I can tell my birds by 6-7 weeks but there are always some that fool me a bit and I need to wait longer.
Pullets usually have barring that stays sharper and moves into pencilling, cockerels have thicker, less uniform barring that becomes a bit irregular as they get older. Hope that makes a little sence to you.