Is my chicken a cockerel?

[Flipflop19]

they are 17 weeks old. The one on the ground is the one we are unsure of. Her wattle and comb seem so much bigger and redder than the other 4.

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[Punkybrewster]

Thats a hen getting close to laying.

 

[Flipflop19]

Thats a hen getting close to laying.

Great, thanks. Everyone kept laughing and saying we had a cockerel on our hands. Can’t wait until they start laying, hopefully not long now

 

[keesmom]

They are all pullets.

 

[DobieLover]

She is a very pretty pullet.

 

[chrissynemetz]

She's a lovely pullet like the other two.

 

[Flipflop19]

She has just given us our first egg. We are so excited thank you everyone for your replies

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Well that answers the question! For future reference, Red Sex Links are autosexing at hatch, so when you get red chicks, they're guaranteed females!

 

[Flipflop19]

Well that answers the question! For future reference, Red Sex Links are autosexing at hatch, so when you get red chicks, they're guaranteed females!

Just read up on them, so helpful. Not sure if it’s because I’m in the UK but hadn’t heard them called this? They were advertised as Brown Chicks, didn’t realise they was so many different names for them.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Just read up on them, so helpful. Not sure if it’s because I’m in the UK but hadn’t heard them called this? They were advertised as Brown Chicks, didn’t realise they was so many different names for them.

Red Sex Link is the general name for a cross of a red rooster and silver hen. Hatcheries come up with their own mixes of breeds and market them differently