Male or Female Chick?

[enola]

Do you have a picture of the parents?

 

[KurtG]

one vote for cockerel

 

[FlockOfHens]

Depending on the breed, a red comb is a sign of a male, but hens also have combs. But this, to me, looks like a cockerel, because of the tail feathers. That is how I told my young chickens apart, and I worked around 80-90•/. Of the time.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

What is your guess? Mama was Barred Rock; Papa was probably Orpington/Aracauna mix:

How old is it?

 

[ClareScifi]

The dad is the rooster in my Avatar-- Golden with blue hackles, wings and tails. The mother was Barred Rock. The chick was dark with a blonde spot on the back of its head. The mother was Barred Rock and the Papa is thought to be part Orpington part Amerracauna or Easter Egger. She was a beautiful chick. It is thought she may have been crushed to death on her nest by a Jersey Giant broody who weighs 15 pounds. That's why I am hoping she was a he. It would have been so hard to rehome such a beautiful chick.

 

[ClareScifi]

The mother:

 

[ClareScifi]

The father:
When he was a teenager...

 

[ClareScifi]

The chick was 7 weeks and 4 days old when it died last week.

 

[ClareScifi]

It would have been 8 weeks old today.

 

[ClareScifi]

A friend of mine who has hatched and raised tons of chicks says she is 90% sure Spunky was a male. That makes me feel a bit better. Having to rehome him when he grew up to be a loud rooster would have just done me in.