Sexing help on barred rock chick

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Hi Angelique, will you be able to keep a male?

 

[SilverBirds]

Welcome to BYC!
He's a cockerel.

 

[Angelique25]

They are autosexing which means that on day one you can tell after day one you can’t. I think it’s a cockerel. Welcome to byc

Thank you, I think so also but was hoping. I starting researching sanctuaries and family farms that would take him. My neighborhood does not allow roosters. We have an abundance of feral peacocks running the neighborhood, maybe no one will notice a little crowing

 

[Angelique25]

Hi Angelique, will you be able to keep a male?

No, I am researching placing he can go and have a good life. He was a sickly chick in the first place but I knew if I took him back they would just dispose of her/him and give me a knew one. Had to work with her and give her a lot of TLC for 4 days and he turned it around.

 

[Kenneth Zweerink]

Welcome to BackYard Chickens. The Best of Luck with your Chicks! And a Big Hello from Eastern Nebraska.

 

[Angelique25]

Hi Angelique, will you be able to keep a male?

No, searching for a place for him now. Hopefully, he won't start crowing right away and we have a few months.

 

[Angelique25]

Ps if it hatched later than the larger chick it may think the lager chick is it’s mother

They are both from my local feed store, so they should be the same age. My sons name them and all my chicks have famous men's names. This one is Robin Williams and the other chick is John Cena. I am down to two hens, Larry Bird and Michael Jordan. I got the two this season to round out the group. I really enjoy them. Michael and Larry are sitting on my back porch now looking in the screen door, hoping for some mealworms.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, and welcome to BYC. Yep, it's a cockerel.

 

[LTAY1946]

Hello and Welcome to BYC. Glad that you have joined this poultry loving community.

 

[Debbie292d]

Hiya, Angelique, and welcome to BYC!!

That's hilarious but adorable, the names your boys gave the hens.