Barred rock roo?

[Cara83]

What breed are your other chicks?

Not really sure what these 2 are,1 is a red Ancona bantam and tomorrow I'm picking up 2 austrothorp day olds.

 

[Cara83]

That's because those are bantams and are only a day old.

I'm well aware of this

 

[Painted Calls]

Not really sure what these 2 are,1 is a red Ancona bantam and tomorrow I'm picking up 2 austrothorp day olds.

Both appear to be mixed breeds. Definitely post pics once they feather out though. Hard to really say with chick fuzz sometimes.

 

[Iluveggers]

My barred rock pullets looked exactly the same at that age. All 3 had a spot on their head and their combs were slightly more developed than the rest. It is way too early to tell.

 

[Painted Calls]

I'm well aware of this

I must have misunderstood. The way you said it was bigger lead me to believe you thought that meant it was a cockerel.

 

[NatJ]

I can't wait another 3 weeks, it's 3 times the size of my day olds and bantams in the brooder box

I thought it was a pullet now I'm not sure and I'm getting a few more day olds tomorrow and would rather find it a home now

If you don't think it's safe for the bigger chick to live in the brooder with the little ones, and if you don't have other ones that it can live with, you might want to rehome that chick no matter what the gender. You could say "not sure of gender" when rehoming it, since that happens to be true.

 

[Cara83]

This chick is older and not a bantam. That's why it's bigger.

I know that, I'm more concerned about it attacking my day olds

 

[Painted Calls]

I know that, I'm more concerned about it attacking my day olds

Gotcha! I misunderstood.

 

[Iluveggers]

You could keep them separated in the brooder by hardware cloth if you want to keep them all. They will get used to each other in a week or so.

 

[Cara83]

Gotcha! I misunderstood.

It's all good, I'm slowly learning