is this possible?

[Chickenrandomness]

but how is this possible? a sex link gone wrong? anyone else had this happen?

 

[Chickenrandomness]

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i decided i might wait until then, but if i do, i won't be able to get another chicken

 

[Chickenrandomness]

do young roos be mean to the pullets? Natty is always pecking/flying at/chasing the other 3 which i know are pullets

 

[FireTigeris]

Dominate hens do this (aggressive behavior) also, and at some points a dominate rooster can take an egg break and crow- look for predators, call for others to eat first, and everything but actually make fertile eggs - she/he will try tho-

wait and see.

 

[Chickenrandomness]

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Natty is always first to eat, he/she's not nice to the others

 

[17roses]

Have you really looked at the tail. In one of your pics it looks like he/she has curved pointed feathers sticking out indicating roo. Girls have rounded feathers, boys have pointed feathers (not the design on the feathers but the feathers themselves). I have red sexlinks and they can have very large, red combs early. I would guess it is a boy, not based on the comb but based on the tail.

I am sorry to say that even hatcheries mess up sometimes with the sexlinks - I ended up with a boy with my order but he started out with some red and then turned pure white. If I am not mistaken (feel free to correct me if I am wrong) but McMurray buys it's eggs from breeders which means that it is possible that they are not always getting what they think. I just think that if they are buying eggs from breeders it is possible they got eggs from a breeders who's extra roo slipped in with the girls or a roo managed to mate through the wire (yes that happens) or something else.

 

[Louieandthecrew]

It is a rooster. I don't know if it is a Sex Link roo but it DEFFANATELY isn't a Sex Link hen

 

[Chickenrandomness]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! natty is a nate... WAH!

 

[Louieandthecrew]

Yup. Sorry! This is my one year old Red Sex Link hen, Tiny.
Her mate, Louie, is in the background. He is a Red Cochin.

That was taken yesterday. Just so you know

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

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Huh?

It appears to be a cockerel.

Cockerel = male bird less than 1 year of age.
Cock= male bird 1 year of age or older.

Rooster can refer to either of the above terms.