New Hampshire Red

[Chick Luck]

I feel misled. Is it normal to buy a chick only to learn 16 weeks later it is a cockerel?

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

I feel misled. Is it normal to buy a chick only to learn 16 weeks later it is a cockerel?

Yes chicks are often mis-sexed but odds are he could have been sexed with quite a bit on confidence by eight weeks

 

[Mamatomany123]

I feel misled. Is it normal to buy a chick only to learn 16 weeks later it is a cockerel?

What age did you get him at?

 

[Chick Luck]

He was like 1 week old, a chick.

 

[Mamatomany123]

He was like 1 week old, a chick.

Then yes, that normal. Sexing is never 100% (except with sexlinks)

 

[ButtonHoarder]

That is definitely a boy, and I agree that he looks buff orpington