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Barred Rock...Hen or Roo?

post #1 of 14
5/16/12 at 10:45am
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2 1/2 weeks old. Hopefully a hen!! We have 2 and this one is much bigger Chicks 2 weeks 005.JPG

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post #2 of 14
5/16/12 at 4:21pm

Still early, but probably a pullet. 

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post #3 of 14
5/16/12 at 4:37pm

It's not early to sex a Barred Rock, since they can be sexed as soon as they're fluffy after hatch.

 

It's a pullet.
 

 

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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 #4 of 14
5/16/12 at 4:42pm

OK, not to be dense - but what criteria/how are you sexing these?

BA's & BO's, RIR's & BR's, CCM's, EE's. Royal, Lav, Pied Guineas.

Narragansetts, Royal Palm and Blue Slate Heritage Turkeys.  Chocolate Muscovoy's. Tolouse & African pair. Pyrenese LGDs. 

Chicken math bit me! Waiting to hatch out foundation flocks of Bourbon Red,  CCLBs, B/B/S & Choc project Ameracuna, B/B/C & Wheaten Marans & soon Sulmtalers!

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BA's & BO's, RIR's & BR's, CCM's, EE's. Royal, Lav, Pied Guineas.

Narragansetts, Royal Palm and Blue Slate Heritage Turkeys.  Chocolate Muscovoy's. Tolouse & African pair. Pyrenese LGDs. 

Chicken math bit me! Waiting to hatch out foundation flocks of Bourbon Red,  CCLBs, B/B/S & Choc project Ameracuna, B/B/C & Wheaten Marans & soon Sulmtalers!

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post #5 of 14
5/16/12 at 6:08pm

Dark coloration is the big factor.  A cockerel would be lighter.  Less reliable indicators include a confined white head spot and a dark wash on the leg.

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post #6 of 14
5/17/12 at 6:09am
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Thank you everyone for your response, I hope you are all right!!  I realize she is still young but I am just terrified that I am going to have a cockerel. I just love this forum...I learn so much from it!!

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post #7 of 14
5/17/12 at 7:13am
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Originally Posted by Coop Deville View Post

Dark coloration is the big factor.  A cockerel would be lighter.  Less reliable indicators include a confined white head spot and a dark wash on the leg.
Wanna take a guess on my 5 week old BR?

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Dark wash, not as light as the obvious boys, but that comb is throwing me off!

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Boy - same age for comparison.

They are not hatchery stock. From exhibition stock.

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LES Farms

Breeder of nothing right now.Read our RE-Build of LES Farms Thread.

 

Lost everything in a barn fire 2/11/13. Can't even pull it together.

Thank you for all the condolences and all the support and donations given to help us rebuild. You are all so special to us.

 

Please READ my thread about FIRE SAFETY. Trying to save as many others from the little mistakes that cost me everything.

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post #8 of 14
5/17/12 at 10:56am

4 Chicks: That baby looks almost exactly the way my girls looked just a  few weeks ago :)

 

Aoxa: Hmmmm, I would guess boy but I am still very new to this. I have done a lot of research over the last few weeks trying to figure out what I have. I'm 90% sure I have all ladies. This one looks lighter than the girls although not as light as your boy. And that comb looks like it's turning red. My girls are 6 weeks old now and they are only now starting to get a very slight hint of red on the bottoms of their combs. 

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post #9 of 14
5/17/12 at 11:00am
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Originally Posted by GreyhoundGrrrl View Post

4 Chicks: That baby looks almost exactly the way my girls looked just a  few weeks ago smile.png

Aoxa: Hmmmm, I would guess boy but I am still very new to this. I have done a lot of research over the last few weeks trying to figure out what I have. I'm 90% sure I have all ladies. This one looks lighter than the girls although not as light as your boy. And that comb looks like it's turning red. My girls are 6 weeks old now and they are only now starting to get a very slight hint of red on the bottoms of their combs. 
I've been told barring in exhibition chicks is completely different than hatchery bred birds. The barring is much darker than the boys, but the white in the barring shows more than the other obvious girls.

She/he had a very small distinct head spot at a day old, and the legs have the most dark wash out of all five - so I am hopeful tongue.png

LES Farms

Breeder of nothing right now.Read our RE-Build of LES Farms Thread.

 

Lost everything in a barn fire 2/11/13. Can't even pull it together.

Thank you for all the condolences and all the support and donations given to help us rebuild. You are all so special to us.

 

Please READ my thread about FIRE SAFETY. Trying to save as many others from the little mistakes that cost me everything.

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LES Farms

Breeder of nothing right now.Read our RE-Build of LES Farms Thread.

 

Lost everything in a barn fire 2/11/13. Can't even pull it together.

Thank you for all the condolences and all the support and donations given to help us rebuild. You are all so special to us.

 

Please READ my thread about FIRE SAFETY. Trying to save as many others from the little mistakes that cost me everything.

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post #10 of 14
5/17/12 at 11:19am
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Originally Posted by aoxa View Post

Wanna take a guess on my 5 week old BR?
e32ffca5.jpg
Dark wash, not as light as the obvious boys, but that comb is throwing me off!
3193759f.jpg
Boy - same age for comparison.
They are not hatchery stock. From exhibition stock.


It's a close call, but I think it's a pullet -- too dark to be a cockerel.  I've been thrown off by big combs on pullets before.

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