New to this, think I have a roo!

[ladyofmoonlight]

Help! We're totally new to this!

My 5 year old and I drove over an hour away to pick up 4 female sex links last weekend (3 gold, 1 brown). My son picked his chickie, one of the golds, and just adores her. Well, now it's pretty obvious that something's up... While the other 3 have little puff wings, this one has wings down to his/her tail! We got them last Saturday at 1 day old and by the next morning her wings started growing and haven't stopped. I haven't noticed anything else really different (no different sounds or actions so far) but those wings are just giant compared to the others. I was told by other experienced chickeners (?) this means she's a he, so since many/most/all of y'all have had chickies... does it mean this? Do we have a roo?

Thing is, while our city allows chickens it has some strict rules: up to 4 hens, no roosters. Which is why we drove so far away to get sex link females when there are tons of chickies nearby. So if this is a rooster, he HAS to go, preferably sooner (before my son gets way too attached!).

So I guess my question is, do large, quickly developing wings automatically mean rooster? Or can it just be a fluke and she's really a she?

Since I'm new I can't post pics or links but I can take measurements if anyone wants to know

Thanks!
Megan (first time chickie mama just trying not to mess up!)

 

[hennyannie]

On sexlinks the color of the chick determines the sex. The females will be one color the males another. Some chicks just tend to get feathering quicker. In my experience roosters feather out slower and grow body wise faster.