Cockerel and a ? into the coop today

[Sagey_7878]

Thank you, Sagey_7878 and So Lucky. We will have to figure out what to do. We have friends with a small farmette and some chickens. I will talk to them about possibly taking Cornelius and Chick Norris both.

I think that would be the best choice to do. Out of interest, what was the science experiment on?

 

[cstephens1987]

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Banner day here with our two almost 6-week old chicks.
Cornelius started crowing. I was very disappointed, as I was hoping for two females. We still do not know the gender of Chick Norris, and I’m hoping it isn’t another cockerel.
We finished the coop today and moved Cornelius and Chick Norris into it. They seemed to adjust after some nervous investigating. Maybe I was still bummed about Cornelius, but it seemed to me he was a little aggressive with Chick: jumping toward it with flapping wings, and chasing it. My questions are
1) what do I do if Chick Norris is also a cockerel (we really don’t want more chickens)
2) even if Chick is a pullet, will Cornelius be too aggressive or over-breed her
3) can anyone tell me their breeds? I assume Cornelius is some type of red, but don’t know about Chick Norris. I don’t see any other color growing in and the comb is small.
I’ve attached their pics. Thanks so much for your input and advice.

What color are the bottom of chick's feet?

 

[Sagey_7878]

What color are the bottom of chick's feet?

What does that enable you to see/tell??

 

[cstephens1987]

What does that enable you to see/tell??

Breed. He appears to be either a bjg or a ba.

 

[Sagey_7878]

Breed. He appears to be either a bjg or a ba.

Definitely not a black australorp.

 

[cstephens1987]

Definitely not a black australorp.

What makes you say that?

 

[Sagey_7878]

What makes you say that?

It’d be better if the pictures were clearer, but what from I see the body shape and colour of feathers does not match the description of the black australorp, hard to see in pictures although. I have black australorps and they look nothing really like this when they’re young. Still a possibility it could be though.

 

[DontesChicks]

I think that would be the best choice to do. Out of interest, what was the science experiment on?

It was about imprinting. The first thing the chick sees, it thinks is it’s parent. 7th grade science class. We had just taken custody of our grandson two months before this, and thought it might be good for him to have them.

 

[DontesChicks]

What color are the bottom of chick's feet?

Blackish

 

[DontesChicks]

I’ll try to get a better picture tomorrow.