Sexing can not be done accurately until your chick has all or most of their adult feathers. Chickens have feathers called "saddle feathers". These feathers are located near the tail. Saddle feathers are always pointy on roosters, and curved/round on hens.
Older roosters have spurs, which are sharp nail like things located on the leg. You will not find a spur on a hen. However, game hens can easily trick someone into thinking they are a rooster. For they mount other hens to show that they are higher on the pecking order. Note: Spurs have nerves/feeling.
A young hen (depending on the age) will have a pinker comb, while the rooster's combs will be bigger and a dark red color. If your rooster has a pea comb and is the same age as a hen who has a single comb, the comb size comparison doesn't necessarily apply. The redness always applies, unless of course you have a breed that doesn't have a red comb. (sometimes a chicken's comb will be a bluish color)
Roosters tend to be very proud, and sometimes stick out there chest to seem larger. If you have more than one young rooster they will play fight. Their neck feathers will stick up and it may look like a fight. Older rooster's do this but it isn't play, but a serious fight that should be broken up.
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