I agree that she could still be a pullet because the pictures do not have completely clear views of her feathers, but gender specific feathers can come in at six weeks. If they never could, then explain to me why all of my cockerels I have had had pointed hackles at six weeks old, compared to...
I doubt it, unless your pullet has some hormone issue that is making her hackles pointed and legs thick. Or unless I am seeing the picture wrong. Otherwise it would be a cockerel. Crowing can happen very late or very early, there is no set time for crowing. The average time is six weeks but it...
No, Rhode Island Reds are not autosexing, so having a stripe would mean nothing. Your cockerel has pointed hackles and thick legs.
Females fight more than the males. Females have a pecking order, not the males. A male is not supposed to cause fights with his females but it does happen when they...
The Rhode Island Red is a cockerel. The chicken shown after the Rhode Island Red pictures is a female with female-specific coloring. I cannot see the blue one well, can you get more pictures?