please tell me its not a rooster!

[Minniechickmama]

Somebody else beat me to my joke, so I will just get to the matter at hand. I would check with Agway and ask. If they say no, post him on Craigslist. I am sure you could either sell him for $5 or give him away. Chicks are hard to sex, and even the professionals aren't 100%, they are around 80-85% accurate. So, sometimes it happens. He is a pretty boy, so someone may want him to add to their out-of-town flock.
Good luck.

 

[cbohn80]

my sister will most likely take him so its not a total loss. still stinks though, he's one of our favorites and nowhere nearly as aggressive as half our hens

 

[tiffanyg2]

Haha- Cbhon80... your little fella has a comb like mine! People keep telling me mine are roo's to

I don't think I can keep them if they are but I will try and see how they turn out. If anything I could let the female hatch some eggs so I could get a few females. I Have a farmer that lives across the street I might see if he could adopt them~ if they crow!! .

 

[HighNDryFarm]

I have one that looks just like that from my Ameraucana Wheaten hen and a Ameraucana Silver Roo. I was on the fence as to pullet or cockerel until about an hour ago when he got separated from the flock and made a pathetic attempt to crow. To Craigslist he goes.....here's a picture of him. Anyone here from Northern CA interested in him. He is a sweetheart. Totally non aggressive, he just stand there for you to pick him up and love on him.

 

[cbohn80]

agway said they won't exchange the bird or refund my money but they'd be glad to take him and find him a new home. i would sell him on CL or eat him before i let them make more money off a bird that they sold me in the first place as a pullet. crazy. i think my sister will take him anyway so he'll have a good home with the 5 delkab amberlinks i gave her already this year.

 

[cbohn80]

another post had a girl who said her hen looks really similar to mine. is there anyway to tell for sure? i really want to keep this one

 

[RareBreedFancier]

If you want to know for sure you can just keep him till he crows. I'd like to say 'or lays an egg' but sadly I think he's a roo too.

 

[cbohn80]

my wife noticed him attempting to crow this morning. bye bye birdie