Help!!! Girl or boy chicken? I don’t want to get attached if I can’t keep her.

[kaylacampbell30]

Meet Hei-Hei, can you tell if she is a boy or girl? I can’t keep roosters. I bought these 4 beautiful chicks at tracker supply. But as they started to grow it seems odd Hei-Hei has a large comb and waddles at such a young age, and they look quite red. Does this mean they actually gave me a boy? They claimed the chicks were sexed when I bought them. I bought them as newborn chicks on May 17th from the store

 

[-Chanticleer-]

Hei hei is in fact a cockerel. The big comb and wattle as well as red leakage on the wings. Cute little guy.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Obvious cockerel. Don't ever trust Tractor Supply, most of the time they know nothing about the chickens they are selling and don't care.

 

[Sussex19]

100% cockerel...

 

[Party_Chicken]

Cockerel

 

[HappyHippyChick]

He is so handsome

 

[kaylacampbell30]

Hei hei is in fact a cockerel. The big comb and wattle as well as red leakage on the wings. Cute little guy.

Ohh wow!! thank you so much! That helps me a lot!

 

[kaylacampbell30]

Obvious cockerel. Don't ever trust Tractor Supply, most of the time they know nothing about the chickens they are selling and don't care.

Duly noted! I won’t be going back. I’ve already started to grow close to Hei-Hei. It’s going to be hard to rehome him

 

[kaylacampbell30]

He is so handsome

Thank you!! I want to keep him. Maybe he won’t crow to loudly

 

[Party_Chicken]

I'm sorry that you can't keep him! He has beautiful plumage. What breed is he, anyway? I would guess a mix because Tractor Supply claims all of their birds are pure, but all of them are of horrible quality and usually male.

Did you see the barred rocks they were selling that had the weird neck plumage? Tsc is 100% a bad place to buy chicks