Huh. My wheaten AM chicks never did that.Once again, thank you— I’ve never had or even seen a chick of a cuckoo variety so I didn’t know what they would look like; all I knew is that I was seeing lines in his feathers and that wasn’t something I was seeing on the Lavender birds I saw online or at fairs. I’m almost certain it’s a male because I’ve grown out so many chicks I’ve kinda just started picking up on behavioral and personality traits that’re more likely to be seen in males instead of females. Like, the one that I presume to be a male is more social and a bit more defensive of the brooder. I’ll stick my hand in the brooder to replace his water and he’ll start pecking and jumping at me the way cocks do when defending their territory. But what the heck do I know? It doesn’t help that most of my chick-knowledge comes from raising OEGB and the males are show-offs straight out of the egg LOL