Pullet or cockerel? White chicken, breed unknown, but most likely a California tan?

[DuckDuckPromise]

Hey y’all! We were blessed with our first ever broody-chicken hatched baby this year, and it was the only one who hatched (she went broody in the middle of winter, so I’m not too surprised!) Anyways, she looks nothing like the hen who went broody (they gray chicken pictured below) so I’m assuming she is from one of the California tan hens in the coop with her.
Baby is just over 5 weeks old.
I did read the picture guidelines, and y’all, I tried! Baby is QUICK! I took the best pictures I could for what might actually be a roadrunner in disguise instead of a baby chicken….
If y’all can make anything out, I’d love the feedback!

 

[sourland]

That's a lot of comb for a 5 week old - likely a cockerel.

 

[DuckDuckPromise]

That's a lot of comb for a 5 week old - likely a cockerel.

Arghhh, good to know!! Thank you! Would you agree that with the coloring it is NOT her chick?

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

Cockerel

 

[DuckDuckPromise]

Cockerel

Because of the comb?

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

Because of the comb?

Yep

 

[Chicken_Obsesser]

What was the dad?

Arghhh, good to know!! Thank you! Would you agree that with the coloring it is NOT her chick?

 

[Chicken_Obsesser]

Hey y’all! We were blessed with our first ever broody-chicken hatched baby this year, and it was the only one who hatched (she went broody in the middle of winter, so I’m not too surprised!) Anyways, she looks nothing like the hen who went broody (they gray chicken pictured below) so I’m assuming she is from one of the California tan hens in the coop with her.
Baby is just over 5 weeks old.
I did read the picture guidelines, and y’all, I tried! Baby is QUICK! I took the best pictures I could for what might actually be a roadrunner in disguise instead of a baby chicken….
If y’all can make anything out, I’d love the feedback!

IT IS ADORABLE how much?

 

[DuckDuckPromise]

IT IS ADORABLE how much?

Awwwww, thank you!!! I would love to take credit, but that’s God’s Handiwork!!! Lolol!
I LOVE baby critters!

 

[NatJ]

Would you agree that with the coloring it is NOT her chick?

Ignoring the coloring, I think I see a crest on the hen's head, muff/beard on her face, and feathers on her feet.

If that is correct, any chick of hers would be likely to have at least SOME of those extra feathers, but this chick does not have any of them. So I think that hen is probably not the biological mother of the chick.

As regards coloring, knowing the color of the rooster is important when trying to figure out whether a hen of a given color can produce a certain color chick. There are some roosters that could produce white chicks with a hen of that color, and some roosters that could not.