More questions!

[Ramblingdogs]

I posted a week ago about getting these babies from tractor supply and they were all supposed to be female leghorns one is obviously not that lol. Just wanted to post again bc I got some better pics… they are 3 weeks old

Roo? Hen?
Breed?

 

[nuthatched]

Obviously a cockerel, I couldn't tell you the breed.

 

[Ramblingdogs]

Obviously a cockerel, I couldn't tell you the breed.

Since I’m new to all of this, how can you tell it’s a cockerel?

 

[nuthatched]

Since I’m new to all of this, how can you tell it’s a cockerel?

The comb and waddles.
male comb and waddles get big and pink/red anywhere from a few to 10 weeks old, females won't get big and red combs until about 17-22 weeks when they start to lay.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

That's a broiler of some sort. Perhaps a Rainbow or Red Ranger Exact opposite of a Leghorn!

 

[Ramblingdogs]

That's a broiler of some sort. Perhaps a Rainbow or Red Ranger Exact opposite of a Leghorn!

Oh boy.., the red Ranger pictures look exactly like it…. And it’s a rooster, right??

I guess my biggest issue is, can I keep it as a pet without having to kill and eat it? I just know nothing about meat chickens. I did read some breeds die young bc they just get to big too quickly and I’m hoping this isn’t one of them my chickens are my pets and I have no problem keeping one that isnt gonna be an egg layer, but I don’t want it to suffer or anything.