Hi BYC, please help identify breed and gender of Jackie.

[A Big Cat]

Hey guys, hope everyone is doing great! Nice to meet you. It’s my first post, so forgive me if I speak out of turn somewhere

Last month, we rescued a baby chick near our apartment complex. It was alone and so tiny, and I couldn’t bear to leave it wandering about like that. We don’t live near any pet stores or farms, so my guess is someone abandoned it.

Unfortunately, I soon found out that we actually can’t keep roosters here due to noise issues. But until now, I’m not sure if Jackie is a hen or roo. I don’t even know what breed is this! To us, he (she?) is just ‘chicken’. I never had chickens before so my description of its behaviour might be a little biased. I can say that Jackie is very friendly, gets too excited about food, and very gentle when I feed it from my hand. I hope someone here can help me out. Thanks a lot!

(The pics where J appeared smaller was from a few days after we brought it in. I was told it should be around 1 week age at that time. The other pics were taken today, so its age should be 1 month + 3 weeks)

 

[SpotTheCat]

Unfortunately Jackie is a cockerel. I don’t know about breed

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Oh, that's a cockerel with no doubts.

eta: breed looks to be mixed.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Oh and I should have said:

WELCOME TO THE FLOCK!!!

 

[A Big Cat]

Unfortunately Jackie is a cockerel. I don’t know about breed

Aw man :’( Thanks for your reply. Love your cat pic btw!

 

[A Big Cat]

Oh, that's a cockerel with no doubts.

eta: breed looks to be mixed.

Thanks for replying. I’ll start the relocation plans soon.

 

[SpotTheCat]

Aw man :’( Thanks for your reply. Love you cat pic btw!

Thank you! she is a weird little cat. And I forgot on my first post

 

[A Big Cat]

Oh and I should have said:

WELCOME TO THE FLOCK!!!
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Thanks Frazze! And everyone’s help

 

[SpotTheCat]

Thanks for replying. I’ll start the relocation plans soon.

There is a forum for rehoming chickens on here
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/animals-in-need-of-free-re-homing.16182/
Good luck with finding him a home!

 

[A Big Cat]

There is a forum for rehoming chickens on here
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/animals-in-need-of-free-re-homing.16182/
Good luck with finding him a home!

Thanks, Cat!