Cockerel or Pullet?

[CluckingCute]

I have a chick I just hatched, it’s a RIR x CL is it a boy or girl?

 

[ChickenShepherd_6116]

It's far too young to tell, but the legs/feet seem pretty thick. I vote cockerel. I'm also seeing that little light spot on the top of it's head - that points to male. Again, you wont be able to tell for quite a while. Usually it becomes pretty clear by 8-16wks.

Edit: It just registered to me that Cream Legbar's are auto-sexing, but idk if that would be the case with a mixed chick...

 

[AinaWGSD]

It's a baby, and it's barred, that's all I can say for sure with the information I have. Do you know which breed was the hen and which was the rooster?

I'm assuming CL is Cream Legbar? In that case it my be a sexlinked cross but only if the legbar is the mother and the RIR is the father.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

When you say it is rir x cl can you verify that you're using the standard notation which would indicate that the cl is in fact the hen under the rir? That is key because it will differentiate between whether you have hatched a sex link or not

 

[CluckingCute]

It's far too young to tell, but the legs/feet seem pretty thick. I vote cockerel. I'm also seeing that little light spot on the top of it's head - that points to male. Again, you wont be able to tell for quite a while. Usually it becomes pretty clear by 8-16wks.

Edit: It just registered to me that Cream Legbar's are auto-sexing, but idk if that would be the case with a mixed chick...

It’s a RIR x CL which are both auto sexing but I’m still a little confused by the color because it’s not any of the colors I had found that they would be. So from what I’ve looked up it’s supposed to be auto sexing just like its parents..?

 

[CluckingCute]

It's a baby, and it's barred, that's all I can say for sure with the information I have. Do you know which breed was the hen and which was the rooster?

I'm assuming CL is Cream Legbar? In that case it my be a sexlinked cross but only if the legbar is the mother and the RIR is the father.

The father is most likely my RIR Rooster although my hen is in with two more one of which is the son of my RIR, and the other is a Brahma mix. My hen is a Cream Legbar.

 

[AinaWGSD]

RIR aren't autosexing, they're black tailed red which look the same at hatch whether they're male or female. Autosexing breeds are only sexable by down if bred to the same breed, once you cross them with another breed you lose the autosexing traits.

But as long as none of your roosters are barred, then any chicks they father with your legbar hen  will be sex linked. Females will be non-barred and males will be barred.

Since I can see the white headspot on this chick which indicates barring it is a little cockerel.

 

[CluckingCute]

RIR aren't autosexing, they're black tailed red which look the same at hatch whether they're male or female. Autosexing breeds are only sexable by down if bred to the same breed, once you cross them with another breed you lose the autosexing traits.

But as long as none of your roosters are barred, then any chicks they father with your legbar hen  will be sex linked. Females will be non-barred and males will be barred.

Since I can see the white headspot on this chick which indicates barring it is a little cockerel.

Okay, thank you for your answer!
That’s stinks… I was hoping it was a pullet…

 

[Ridgerunner]

RIR aren't autosexing, they're black tailed red which look the same at hatch whether they're male or female. Autosexing breeds are only sexable by down if bred to the same breed, once you cross them with another breed you lose the autosexing traits.

But as long as none of your roosters are barred, then any chicks they father with your legbar hen  will be sex linked. Females will be non-barred and males will be barred.

Since I can see the white headspot on this chick which indicates barring it is a little cockerel.

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it’s not any of the colors I had found that they would be.

Out of curiosity, what colors were you expecting?

 

[CluckingCute]

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Out of curiosity, what colors were you expecting?

More of a white color for the boys and a chipmunk for the girls. This one came out looking more like my RIR chicks I’ve hatched.