Well, she is a rooster...

[Folly's place]

Ask your TSC where their chicks came from, and then check the hatchery site online, or call, and find out what breeds they have.
Mary

 

[The Moonshiner]

Depends on where the TSC(state/city), my TSC orders from an in-state hatchery.

Ours order from in state hatchery also but if they're selling sapphire gems they're coming from Hoover's.

 

[vivaciouswoman]

Welcome! He's very handsome, and if he's polite to humans and the pullet, I'd get more pullets and enjoy having a very cute cockerel.
This is an enabling site, don't expect a lot of advice to shrink your flock! More is good, as long as it's legal where you are, and there's good housing for them.
Mary

YOU GOT THAT RIGHT! Enabler here! I absolutely recommend you pick up at least a dozen more pullets.


Oddly, we had the opposite issue. Townline Hatcheries shipped us one extra Ameraucana, and we called it Dude. It was always a little different from all the others--bossier, a little bigger, etc. But it turned out that Dude laid eggs. Cue Aerosmith: Dude was a lady!

 

[JiminyChristmas]

Our favorite hen is named Grandpa cause she looked like a grumpy old man as a chick. Grandpa is brooding some eggs for me right now.

 

[Chickassan]

You need at least a six pack of Nuggets...to start.

 

[Bonniebooboo]

My daughter received 2 chicks from a friend in March, bought at TSC. Both sex-link pullets. A Golden comet (Nugget) and a Sapphire Gem (Smokey).
They are both thriving and loving the backyard life.
Smokey surprised us, and is a cockerel.
So, we have 1 of each. They are inseparable.
How do I handle having one pullet for one cockerel?
Can it be done and maintain Nugget's well being?View attachment 1430126

Love that picture! So nice and clear and very cute birds...

 

[eblaylock]

That can't be a true Sapphire Gem - somebody messed up somewhere. Sapphire gems are 'black' sex links, just blue in color. A male Sapphire Gem would be barred.

But he's definitely a cockerel. He's just not a Sapphire Gem.

Unfortunately a one to one ratio is unlikely to work well. You'll want to get more pullets or rehome him and get another pullet.

Ugh. Such a hard decision. I have a small coop and run that will fit 4 or 5. I let them free range most of the day. I have read sometimes 3 or 4 pullets. That "perfect ratio" for me just isn't possible.

 

[eblaylock]

You need at least a six pack of Nuggets...to start.

Would a kid's meal size of 4 work? Lol

 

[eblaylock]

What a cutie Nugget is though!

She is, and I want her to be a happy girl too.

 

[llombardo]

She is, and I want her to be a happy girl too.

Just watch and observe them. Maybe it will work. They have those saddles for the girls if it gets bad.