Rhode Island Red Boy or Girl?

[BeetLover]

We have had our four chicks for about six weeks and we are concerned that our sweet Providence may actually be a Stew. She is a lot bigger than the other chicks and my husband thinks her waddle is to big. Any ideas? Thanks

 

[and-roo]

RIR's usually mature earlier, so its normal for the hens to have redder combs too, but it may be too early to tell. Right now it looks like a hen, but give it a few weeks and it might start looking like a rooster

 

[Michael OShay]

If this chick is only 6 weeks old, given the size and redness of its comb and wattle, you have a cockerel.

 

[junebuggena]

If this chick is only 6 weeks old, given the size and redness of its comb and wattle, you have a cockerel.

x2

 

[BeetLover]

Two more shots of her/ him

 

[junebuggena]

It's a cockerel. Pullets don't start turning red in the comb until they are close to laying age.

 

[and-roo]

Yeah, sorry for possibly misleading you. That's definitely a little roo

 

[Cowgirl71]

I've raised dozens of Rhode Island Reds..... Sorry, but he's a "Stew."

A pullet wouldn't get a comb and wattles like that until she was getting ready to lay, around 4 months old.

 

[BeetLover]

So what do you do with a rooster? We aren't allowed to have them where I live.

 

[Michael OShay]

It's a cockerel. Pullets don't start turning red in the comb until they are close to laying age.

I agree.