This is annoying me so much ...

[KyahAlmasy]

I could have sworn you pick the gender of your chocobo when you first complete the quest for it. But that could've just been in 1.0

[Elkanah]

Image lore before the 1.0 forums and lodestone had been moved from the old location prior till.

https://imgur.com/a/72qSk

Original article link from these forums almost 2-4 years ago - Reason - http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...Chocobo-gender

[Transient_Shadow]

Eh makes little difference to me. I named my chocobo Papi after a certain harpy. She's a girl to me and always will be. I wouldn't pay too much attention hard cannon on trivial things like this. I mean hell I was a popoto for a while during my adventures. No way to explain that lore wise XD

[KageTokage]

Maybe it'll be addressed if we ever get any further content pertaining to our chocobo companions.

I think it's high time they got a bit of an update somehow, and not just in regards to their questionable AI.

[Lyshell]

I honestly never noticed. Never bothered me.

[Canadane]

Wait, the black chocobo? I don't think I even remember the dialog surrounding that one.

Having been treated to such a rousing spectacle, it seems only right that I present you with a humble token of mine admiration. Pray receive of me this chocobo whistle.
With it, you may summon a black chocobo─fully trained and ready to fly!
Magnificent, is she not? Strong yet sleek, elegant yet eager! What say you, Forename─will you take her for your steed?

And there we have it. Plus, while some other chocobo mounts do call them male in their description, others keep it neutral. So for all we know, some others may be female. It could be up to the player to decide those ones!
But the company chocobo is strictly a male, that much is for certain.

[Canadane]

I could have sworn you pick the gender of your chocobo when you first complete the quest for it. But that could've just been in 1.0

I can confirm that the quest was almost identical to 2.0's.
They specifically mention it as male back then. It was the lore as to why 1.0 launch didn't even have chocobos at all. There weren't enough for adventurers to have. Once the patch came in with them (as I still remember the teaser video with the music...) they specifically ask what you'll name him.

[alimdia]

Eh makes little difference to me. I named my chocobo Papi after a certain harpy. She's a girl to me and always will be. I wouldn't pay too much attention hard cannon on trivial things like this. I mean hell I was a popoto for a while during my adventures. No way to explain that lore wise XD

"Papi" sounds masculine already. Papi = daddy.

[SenorPatty]

Image lore before the 1.0 forums and lodestone had been moved from the old location prior till.

https://imgur.com/a/72qSk

Original article link from these forums almost 2-4 years ago - Reason - http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...Chocobo-gender

that lore tidbit made me think of this http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...ksOfEverything

[Destati]

YES!!! Please give me udders for my chocobo! And they better swing while I’m flying.

/10characters