Mystery Chick Mistake :)

[cherrynberry]

Looks like he’s a cockerel.

Definitely a cockerel, like Rhodebar lover predicted.

 

[SingletrackDVM]

When Dorking chicks are hatchlings, the pullets have a more pronounced line through the eye, and the chipmunk stripe down their back is unbroken. Also, the stripe will be more V shaped on the head with a pullet and less defined on a cockerel. It's hard to tell on yours, since it's grown a bit. Do you have pictures of it when it was really young?

 

[Coffee N Chickens]

On pullets, the line stripe goes across the eye and is stronger and more defined. On your more recent pictures, salmon colored feathering should be coming in on the chest if the bird is a pullet. It looks like a cockerel.

 

[SingletrackDVM]

On pullets, the line stripe goes across the eye and is stronger and more defined. On your more recent pictures, salmon colored feathering should be coming in on the chest if the bird is a pullet. It looks like a cockerel.

He started doing his best to crow this weekend. Dang it!

 

[SingletrackDVM]

He's going to be gorgeous!
I've always wanted some Dorkings, seeing him isn't helping me resist.

Thank you. I wish he could stay, but I can't keep him in my neighborhood. Fortunately, I've found a farm that will take him.