sex and breed?

[ALAsamu]

This chick hatched frebruary 10th. I got a random dozen of eggs from Craigslist but I don’t know the breeds. Any ideas about sex and breed? Bantam? It is definitely much smaller than the others that hatched that day.

 

[emmyn74]

Speckled Sussex...they grow at a slower rate so I would say it is standard size.

 

[ALAsamu]

Speckled Sussex...they grow at a slower rate so I would say it is standard size.

Wow! I’m not familiar with that breed at all, this whole time I just figured it was a mini. Any ideas on sex?

Thank you for the help!

 

[emmyn74]

This one is a male.

 

[ALAsamu]

This one is a male.

I’m still learning. Could you share how you can tell?

 

[emmyn74]

I’m still learning. Could you share how you can tell?

At this age...the size and redness of the comb shows that it is a male...a females comb would be much smaller and not as red.

 

[Jetblack2004]

Cockerel

 

[lawson1986]

It could b a male, the presence of a really red comb and waddles this early points to it being male, that being said, my speckled Sussex I thought was a cockerel for about 3 months, because like this one, it was small but got red wattles and comb early, and while her tail feathers were growing in, it looked very "male" to me
But she is a wonderful pullet, one of my favs. My speckled sussex is names Liberty BC I think she looks like an Eagle. And she is huge now!

 

[drumstick diva]

cockerel