Can you tell if my chicken is a hen or a rooster by her wing?

[lilmillefleur]

I'm sorry but that does look like a cockerel

 

[Ridgerunner]

I found the other thread where you posted a photo. At 6 weeks with that comb and wattles there is no question, you have a cockerel. Sorry.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/please-help-not-sure-if-my-chick-is-a-rooster.1235393/

 

[freebird15]

do you have any suggestions on what I can do with him if he is a rooster? I'm not sure what to do

 

[freebird15]

and that means ill have to get another chicken for my other chick, who is a hen, so she won't be alone

 

[Ridgerunner]

Yeah, this is one reason we normally suggest you start with three, not two, as a minimum.

So how to get rid of him since you are not allowed males. You can always try Craigslist, assuming you are in the US. You can look for other pullets there too. But accept that once you let him go you no longer have control of him. His fate is out of your hands.

You might find your State or Country thread in the "Where an I? Where are you!" section of this forum and chat with your neighbors. There is no telling what kind of help they can give you, either taking him or getting new pullets.

 

[freebird15]

we got our chickens from tractor supply store, who gave us four minium. One of my friends really wanted two chicks so she has the other two. If we go back to tractor supply to get another i don't know if we could get past the '4 limit' sign.

How would we get the chicken to the people on craigslist? Would we have to meet up with them to exchange the chicken?

 

[sbhkma]

Next time you get birds with a min. and want to share, get 6 so you can split them into threes. You might ask the manager at Tractor Supply if you can get 2 more instead of 4. (most folks will recommend you never keep just 2, for the very reason you've just discovered-if something happens to one of them, such as it being a cockerel or one dies, you now have a single bird).

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

No, you can't sex by the wing feathers except on specifically breed hybrids, and then only in the first few days. The comb and wattles at this age give it away. Cockerel.

 

[drumstick diva]

sorry but he's a cockerel