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post #21 of 32
4/5/12 at 6:00pm

chicks 045.jpg                Barred rock to the far left and far right

 

chicks 038.jpg        far left and far right again

 

chicks 046.jpg      on the right

 

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These pics arent the clearest or closest but I thought a few photos to compare to might help. These are my barred rocks pullets at about 3 1/2weeks old


Edited by chicken pickin - 4/5/12 at 6:04pm

I am a Wife and a Mother. We have 2 dogs, and our always growing flock of chickens(Barred Rocks, White Rocks, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Easter Eggers, Olive Eggers, Marans, Japanese Bantams, Silkies, Silver Laced Cochin, Silkie/EE crosses, and a Cream Legbar Roo). We also have Bourbon Red Turkeys!  And now Ducks!!! Soon to be arriving Nigerian Dwarf doelings.

 

 

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I am a Wife and a Mother. We have 2 dogs, and our always growing flock of chickens(Barred Rocks, White Rocks, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Easter Eggers, Olive Eggers, Marans, Japanese Bantams, Silkies, Silver Laced Cochin, Silkie/EE crosses, and a Cream Legbar Roo). We also have Bourbon Red Turkeys!  And now Ducks!!! Soon to be arriving Nigerian Dwarf doelings.

 

 

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post #22 of 32
4/5/12 at 6:26pm

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This is one of my barred rocks taken yesterday at 5 1/2weeks old

I am a Wife and a Mother. We have 2 dogs, and our always growing flock of chickens(Barred Rocks, White Rocks, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Easter Eggers, Olive Eggers, Marans, Japanese Bantams, Silkies, Silver Laced Cochin, Silkie/EE crosses, and a Cream Legbar Roo). We also have Bourbon Red Turkeys!  And now Ducks!!! Soon to be arriving Nigerian Dwarf doelings.

 

 

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I am a Wife and a Mother. We have 2 dogs, and our always growing flock of chickens(Barred Rocks, White Rocks, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Easter Eggers, Olive Eggers, Marans, Japanese Bantams, Silkies, Silver Laced Cochin, Silkie/EE crosses, and a Cream Legbar Roo). We also have Bourbon Red Turkeys!  And now Ducks!!! Soon to be arriving Nigerian Dwarf doelings.

 

 

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post #23 of 32
4/6/12 at 12:29pm
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Mine look awfully similar so that is good news. Thanks. I have one whose comb is still that sort of yellow but is a little pink underneath. Do you have that on any of your girls?

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post #24 of 32
4/6/12 at 12:35pm

Yes I have 3 barred rocks all girls and  they are starting to get a little pink also.

I am a Wife and a Mother. We have 2 dogs, and our always growing flock of chickens(Barred Rocks, White Rocks, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Easter Eggers, Olive Eggers, Marans, Japanese Bantams, Silkies, Silver Laced Cochin, Silkie/EE crosses, and a Cream Legbar Roo). We also have Bourbon Red Turkeys!  And now Ducks!!! Soon to be arriving Nigerian Dwarf doelings.

 

 

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I am a Wife and a Mother. We have 2 dogs, and our always growing flock of chickens(Barred Rocks, White Rocks, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Easter Eggers, Olive Eggers, Marans, Japanese Bantams, Silkies, Silver Laced Cochin, Silkie/EE crosses, and a Cream Legbar Roo). We also have Bourbon Red Turkeys!  And now Ducks!!! Soon to be arriving Nigerian Dwarf doelings.

 

 

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post #25 of 32
5/4/12 at 7:12pm
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Here is an updated pic of my two hatchery BRs. Any thoughts on sex? They are almost 8 weeks.

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post #26 of 32
5/5/12 at 4:41am
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Here is an updated pic of my two hatchery BRs. Any thoughts on sex? They are almost 8 weeks.

 

 

I'm new to all this, but I do have a dozen of Barred Rock chicks I stare at everyday (yeah I'm way into it tongue.png) that are 8 weeks old and those look like 2 pullets to me. Roosters would be way whiter by now and my 3 roosters have waddles showing.

Hum...let me find a picture of a 8 week old rooster...

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There...that should confort you into confirming you have some pullets thumbsup.gif

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post #27 of 32
5/5/12 at 5:33am

Barred Rock pullets can be very dark or lighter than normal. Have had both, but usually they are darker than males. They do not always have a very dark wash and males can have some dark spotting on the leg fronts, too. BR sexing is not 100% accurate and some have conflicting traits.

 

Here's the kicker: if you're not sure of the breed, i.e. if it's a pure BR or not, you can have a dark male that looks very much like a BR pullet...for a few weeks, until that comb pops right up there. Case in point was some accidental crosses I hatched from a friend's BR flock. Her Silver Phoenix rooster got in a few good matings, unbeknownst to us, and I ended up with three or four SP/BR cross cockerels and one pullet. The males looked like BR pullets with ghosty barring and slightly longer tails, until the combs turned bright pink by four weeks old. The pullet was solid black.

 

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post #28 of 32
5/5/12 at 8:30am
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Speckled Hen you are always so full of great info. Thanks. I know it is mostly a waiting game. I am not known for my patience am I? 

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post #29 of 32
5/5/12 at 9:09am

Yeah, I'm not always so good with the "Wait and See Sexing Method" myself.
 

 

~A dog on its owner's property is a pet; A dog on someone else's property is a predator~

 

 

Living the Good Life in the North Georgia Mountains~ Cynthia

 

 

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~A dog on its owner's property is a pet; A dog on someone else's property is a predator~

 

 

Living the Good Life in the North Georgia Mountains~ Cynthia

 

 

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post #30 of 32
5/5/12 at 8:30pm
My 8 barred rocks were supposed to be black sex links. Between 2 and 3 weeks I knew roos from pullets. I got lucky. Mine fit the the standard guidelines. I knew before I ever looked to see what they were. I knew breed from thread speckledhen replied to someone else with black sex links that turned out to be barred rocks. Not all birds fits in the general guidelines. Unless your the breeder or know the breeder, parents are always in question. That changes the guidelines. Guidelines turns into questions and guesses.
I've got Bielefelders, Rhodebars, Cream Legbars, Black Sex Links, Buff Orpingtons, and a lone I Don't Know (packing peanut from greenfire).
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I've got Bielefelders, Rhodebars, Cream Legbars, Black Sex Links, Buff Orpingtons, and a lone I Don't Know (packing peanut from greenfire).
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