Cockerel. Most free chicks are. He's cute.I got a BLRW as my McMurray free chick, and I’m almost 100% sure he’s a cockerel. I’ll keep him though because he’s so pretty and I have the space, just don’t know if I have enough hens for 3-4 roosters.
His name kills me every time. It's amazing.
I know some people would argue that TSC isn’t that bad, but at least the one by me is horrible.
We use them bc we have 6 kids and we know whos is whos and what the name is based on the bands
My guesses are above. They could definitely change as the chicks grow.
I wanted to add that it makes it easier on gender identifications with people like you. Some people like to post at 4 weeks, or 1-2 weeks. That only works for sexlinked or color sexable breeds (I KEEP forgetting the name for that!!). It’s not accurate enough when they are too young. Especially at 1-2 weeks. At four weeks, obvious cockerels may be differentiated, but they are usually too young.
Sapphire gems are sexlinked so if they have a white spot on their head as a chick, they’re male, and if they have any barring they’re male.
So far they all look like pullets, but they are still young, so they may still be slower developing males
Any guess on breeds!? One i have been concerned with is squishg. All the other 6 feathered and tailed out much faster. Squishy also got stepped on when very young so we are just surprised it survived....big momma was taking care of it the whole time though!
