What's the breed of our free 'rare exotic'

[TN Henny Penny]

Murray McMurray included this chick with our box of 25 Red Star girls. They're a week old today!

Can you help us identify the breed? What about gender?

 

[Mr chicken dude]

Hi!

To me it looks like a Ancona or Speckled Sussex.

As for gender..............I don't know....

Maybe some of the experts on here can give you some better advice.

Collin.

 

[19hhbelgian]

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I can't help on breed but if they graciously included it with your order, I'm willing to bet it's a boy...

 

[phasian]

My experience with Speckled Sussex is that they have more browns, golds, and mahogany. It looks like a Silver Laced Wyandotte to me. Gender is a tough guess as they don't auto-sex and the rose comb takes some time to discern a gender difference. In my experience, a LOT of the free exotic chicks are roosters.....

 

[ARose4Heaven]

I think SLW. I had several of them in my McMurray variety pak. See the little yellow tufts by the ears? I think that's what identifies them as SLW. Mine at 3 days old....

 

[booker81]

Looks a LOT like the SLW I had as chicks...

 

[gritsar]

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I agree, on both parts.

 

[Mr chicken dude]

I knew I would be wrong......I'm sitting here thinking what it could be and the only breed I don't think of is a Silver laced Wyandotte

 

[TN Henny Penny]

Oh boy, oh boy...if it's a boy, when do you separate that roo away from the girls if you don't want any breeding attempts?

 

[booker81]

The boys will start trying to breed long before the girls start to lay. Boys also get red wattles and combs before the girls. You'll have a good couple weeks, even months, before you need to worry about fertilized eggs