I am ner here, and i am also new to taising chickens. I rescued a chick the other day that was wandering all alone in a construction zone where my husband works. I have always wanted chickens, but what better way to start than to happen upon one who was obviosly lost or abandoned. My question is, can you tell if this is a pullet or a cockerel? We believe it to be a barred rock, but i dont know my breed of chickens. My guess is its a pullet, with the dark color, dark wash on legs, and the comb.. however it looks pink and not yellow like i see on other threads hear. I read that the pink is does not necessarily mean cockerel, and that it could be because its hot (we live in phoenix). Is it still too early to tell? And am I correct on the barred rock?
As someone already suggested, it really does need some chicken friends - unless you are home all day and are going to make it a house chicken! They do get desperately lonely all by themselves, poor little things, just like we would if we were all alone. And I’m sure it is missing its little chicken family it became separated from. I’m so glad you found it and are going to take care of it! Good luck and keep us posted!
