Please help me identify this chicken.

[JorjaGyrl]

I just recently started raising chickens. I got 10 straight run babies from the local Feed & Seed store and I think I have successfully identified all of them... except for this one. This one also happens to be my absolute favorite chicken. It is the only one that looks like this. The second photo shows that she has developed an almost dotted pattern on her chest. She is about 14 - 15 weeks old.

 

[Mountain Peeps]

I'm not sure what breed. But, that doesn't look like a hen.That's a rooster.

 

[donrae]

sorry, but HE is a red sex link rooster.

 

[Sunshine0235]

Red sex link rooster

 

[JorjaGyrl]

We gave it the name Wolfgang because we wondered about that too. No crowing yet and we had a little Welsummer that was already crowing like crazy. Also there are no spurs yet - but since I'm new to raising chicken I'm not sure when those would appear.

 

[donrae]

You don't need to see spurs or crowing. The point of sex links is the sex is linked to the gender. Females are gold with white tips, males are white with reddish leakage. Your boy is classic red sex link male coloring.

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Spurs are a very poor gender indicator. Hens can grow them while some roosters never get them!

 

[JorjaGyrl]

Thanks so much! He is definitely a Red Sex Link Rooster. Kind of sad... but just had that gut feeling that she was not really a she!!! Thanks again for your help. I have two other chickens that I am not sure about. They are both solid white. I thought the seller said they were White Leghorn. Now their sizes are so different I really wonder if they are the same breed. Also after my last post I am now worried that my big white one might be a rooster.

This is the smaller of the two white chickens. She is the same size as all my other chickens.


This is the larger of the two chickens.


Here you can kind of see how huge it is compared to our other chickens.

 

[MyPetNugget]

I agree on it looking like a rooster. Hens look a bit different in shape, and his comb and wattles look bigger and redder. Not sure what breed though.
Edit: Also, the last 2 pics of your white chickens look like roosters

 

[JorjaGyrl]

Thanks!