Barred Rock Sexing

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4/27/12 at 3:29pm

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Newbie here. I think I know the answer to this question but we have two chickens and we are trying to guess the sex. They are both Barred Rock and 6 weeks old. Thanks for the help!

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4/27/12 at 3:32pm

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I think your right top male bottom female .. But now I am saying I THINK too.. but the bottom having thicker legs and a darker more pronounced comb .. I believe so .. I have a pair . The girls do get a little comb but it is def smaller the hens legs thinner : )

I have about 20 Mature Hens and Roosters Different Breeds (RIR's, EE's, OEGB, Buff Orp.'s) and approximately 60 Chicks different ages and a large variety adding more constantly (Jersey Giants, Black Australorp, White leghorn, Buff Orps.'s RIR and mixed bred), Three Dogs One Pure Bread Doxie two mixed Breeds, 4 Ducks (2 white Peking, One Muscovy, One mixed breed)2 baby Mallard chicks , 2...

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I have about 20 Mature Hens and Roosters Different Breeds (RIR's, EE's, OEGB, Buff Orp.'s) and approximately 60 Chicks different ages and a large variety adding more constantly (Jersey Giants, Black Australorp, White leghorn, Buff Orps.'s RIR and mixed bred), Three Dogs One Pure Bread Doxie two mixed Breeds, 4 Ducks (2 white Peking, One Muscovy, One mixed breed)2 baby Mallard chicks , 2...

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4/27/12 at 3:32pm

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You have 2 pullets

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ACTS 20:28

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

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4/27/12 at 3:33pm

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well actually I dont think the leg dif shows in your pictures but see how the top also has the wobbeler beards . I am sticking to it ! Roo top bottom hen Bet I am right

I have about 20 Mature Hens and Roosters Different Breeds (RIR's, EE's, OEGB, Buff Orp.'s) and approximately 60 Chicks different ages and a large variety adding more constantly (Jersey Giants, Black Australorp, White leghorn, Buff Orps.'s RIR and mixed bred), Three Dogs One Pure Bread Doxie two mixed Breeds, 4 Ducks (2 white Peking, One Muscovy, One mixed breed)2 baby Mallard chicks , 2...

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I have about 20 Mature Hens and Roosters Different Breeds (RIR's, EE's, OEGB, Buff Orp.'s) and approximately 60 Chicks different ages and a large variety adding more constantly (Jersey Giants, Black Australorp, White leghorn, Buff Orps.'s RIR and mixed bred), Three Dogs One Pure Bread Doxie two mixed Breeds, 4 Ducks (2 white Peking, One Muscovy, One mixed breed)2 baby Mallard chicks , 2...

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4/27/12 at 4:56pm

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Both are really dark I say two pullets. The boys are lighter in color.

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4/27/12 at 5:02pm

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The 1st one is a cockerel and the 2nd one is a pullet. I am 100% positive!

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BLUE CAMAS BANTAMS

Blue/Black/Splash Bantam Plymouth Rocks

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4/27/12 at 5:10pm

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I want to say roo too on that first bird, but... the coloring seems so dark for a BR roo... their white barring is usually so much more pronounced. I had a pair of BR's that looked just like that, one much different then the other, same hatch date. I swore one was a roo because it developed a red comb and wattles so much sooner then the other, turned out to be a hen.

So, gotta say I don't know on bird #1!

wife to long suffering husband who has built more miles of fence, barns, coops and enclosures then one man should have to, two teenage boys, current flock of 13 assorted hens and 1 big red roo, 2 goats, 2 dogs, 4 cats, 2 bunnies and 1 cockatiel.

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wife to long suffering husband who has built more miles of fence, barns, coops and enclosures then one man should have to, two teenage boys, current flock of 13 assorted hens and 1 big red roo, 2 goats, 2 dogs, 4 cats, 2 bunnies and 1 cockatiel.

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4/27/12 at 5:20pm

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Chick #1 hermaphrodite? lol The pinkish red comb, wattles, and very little black on legs makes me want to say roo. The dark color looks like pullet.

I'm going pullet on both.

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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4/27/12 at 6:45pm