MPC Double Laced Barnevelder Roo?

[afwifey]

-6 week old from My Pet Chicken, purchased as female

-Suspicions: I don’t have experience with this breed and only got one but I don’t see the double lacing I expected. He/she also has chunkier legs than all other 10 chicks we got and is also the only one with

red at the base of his/her comb.

-we have no roosters, have a dog who is not chicken friendly so all our current chickens are in completely covered runs

-we live in city limits and while roosters aren’t prohibited, the ordinance states that your animals can’t disrupt/disturb neighbors

 

[sourland]

Very likely it's a cockerel.

 

[afwifey]

Very likely it's a cockerel.

That was my fear. I really hate to rehome any chicken (why I paid to have them sexed) but I worry a rooster also wouldn’t enjoy being in the covered run all the time & wouldn’t survive the dog. Yikes.

 

[afwifey]

No crow, 15 weeks… looking very rooster’y’ to me…

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

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No crow, 15 weeks… looking very rooster’y’ to me…

Yes he is a male

 

[All4Eggz]

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No crow, 15 weeks… looking very rooster’y’ to me…

Yes, a gorgeous cockerel.
If he is supposed to be a double laced Barnevelder, he is not very good quality.
Are you going to rehome him or get rid of him?

 

[afwifey]

Yes, a gorgeous cockerel.
If he is supposed to be a double laced Barnevelder, he is not very good quality.
Are you going to rehome him or get rid of him?

He is supposed to be. He came from My Pet Chicken. I doubt we will get away with keeping him in city limits… especially since a retired judge just moved in behind us.
He hasn’t crowed yet but I know it’s coming.
We will rehome him if we get a complaint.