Boy??? RIR???

[kearstin17]

This little one is 4 weeks old and my favorite of my chicks. The lady at the store said it was a Rhode Island Red and that it was a hen but I am guessing she lied cause it's sure looking like a rooster to me. Please tell me if you think by any tiny chance it could still be a hen and if it is in fact a RIR.

 

[Apyl]

She may not have lied. As far as she knew it could have been sexed a girl, but just sexed wrong. Its deffinitly a boy. Sexing chickens is not 100% unless they are laying eggs.

 

[fried green eggs]

I ordered some RIR pullets from a hatchery and one of them is a little rooster

. Even when they sex thousands - it happens. He will be going to freezer camp in the fall.

 

[BlueCamas]

Definitely a cockerel

 

[kearstin17]

Ok anyone have a clue what I can do with him besides kill him? I can't have a rooster but I don't have a clue on how to find him a home. Oh and how old would he need to be to be able to go to a new home?

 

[crayon]

OMG- that made me laugh...

A boy???

OH YES!!!

Don't think she lied to you tho- I got a few that were "pullet" but some how came with boy parts! It just happens... Sexing chickens is not as easy as puppies or human babies!

He is going to be beautiful tho!

 

[Fireflyjunction]

I got a RIR chick from the pullet bin last year and everybody I asked told me it was a roo. It had a huge comb, bright red wattles, beautiful rooster tail, and ruled the coop by three weeks old. Happily I can report that even today WENDY may be an almost dead ringer for a roo but SHE lays very well! (And yes, I have seen her lay so I know she's a girl!)

 

[hdowden]

he can go now. just advertise him on craigslist or something like that

 

[kearstin17]

I got a RIR chick from the pullet bin last year and everybody I asked told me it was a roo. It had a huge comb, bright red wattles, beautiful rooster tail, and ruled the coop by three weeks old. Happily I can report that even today WENDY may be an almost dead ringer for a roo but SHE lays very well! (And yes, I have seen her lay so I know she's a girl!)

Do you have any pictures of yours when it was little? I would so love for him to be a her. I love this little guy so much.

 

[Aeropennchick]

It's a shame you can't keep him! You can try and add on this forum and also on craigslist - someone will hopefully be interested! Be advised though, the person who takes him may very well make a meal out of him.