What breed and Gender is this?

[ShellieV]

What breed and gender is this?

 

[C Siena]

Greetings, how old? Is it a backyard mix or did you buy it from a hatchery/store?

 

[ShellieV]

Greetings, how old? Is it a backyard mix or did you buy it from a hatchery/store?

March 9th hatch date, got it from a feed store

 

[C Siena]

It's too early to determine the gender. Usually it is 5-6 weeks at the earliest and many times takes longer until gender specific feathering comes in. I would have thought the chick was closer to 3.5-4 weeks from the feathers and not 2.5 wks. Usually feed stores put names/breeds on the bin.

 

[debid]

I will guess New Hampshire. Did the bin not have a label or are you doubting what it said?

 

[GravityWaves]

It's most likely a feed store staple like a Rhode Island Red or a Production Red.

 

[ShellieV]

I will guess New Hampshire. Did the bin not have a label or are you doubting what

 

[ShellieV]

It's too early to determine the gender. Usually it is 5-6 weeks at the earliest and many times takes longer until gender specific feathering comes in. I would have thought the chick was closer to 3.5-4 weeks from the feathers and not 2.5 wks. Usually feed stores put names/breeds on the bin.

 

[ShellieV]

They said they were accidentally put in with another kind of chickens they ordered.

 

[debid]

Well... red, fast feathering, and looks medium in build with a single comb. The skin color looks white but it could be light yellow? It doesn't really match anything precisely. I guess the most likely is production red where they have mixed red breeds to improve egg count. I suspect that she'll lay lots of brown eggs.