Could you please tell me the breed is he a leghorn?

[ChickenkeeperD]

Hi all,
could you tell me what breed this chick is and if he is indeed the boy we think he is! He is 5 weeks old and I wasn't expecting him to be white!!

Many thanks xx

 

[bdjh]

He looks a lot like our basic white leghorns. Whether it's a He or a She, though, is beyond me.

 

[popsicle]

Cockerel

Are the dark spots in the feathers dirt or actual dark spots on the feathers?

Seems a bit heavy to me for a leghorn.

 

[enola]

Way too chunky to be a 5 week old Leghorn. Possibly a White Rock.

 

[ChickenkeeperD]

Lol yeah he is massive!! Yeah the dark spots are actual feathers

Thanks all x

 

[ChickenkeeperD]

This is the female I got.

We got some eggs and hatched them out at the school I work at, all I was told when I got two was that the brown ones where girls and the yellow ones, male. So I have no idea if all the eggs where from the same hen??

Thanks all xx

 

[ChickenkeeperD]

Sorry all ignore the last picture!! This is my girl!!

 

[enola]

Sounds like you have sex link chicks. That explains the darker feathers on his 'shoulders'. She will lay LOTS of eggs!

 

[ChickenkeeperD]

Oh thanks well we are hoping for lots of yummy eggs

 

[ChickenkeeperD]

That's really helpful and makes loads of sense. I think he is a red sex-linked cockerel. Now to research raising a cockerel

Thanks All x