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What gender Barred Rock is this?

post #1 of 7
6/19/12 at 1:24pm
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He/she's about 4 weeks old, loves to fly, and seems to pick fights and/ or peck the other ones. Her/ his comb is pretty big, and has a bald spot below her beak, on both sides. What gender is he/she?D.gif

 

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post #2 of 7
6/19/12 at 1:32pm

Bad picture there, but from what I can tell, looks like a cockerel. At 4 weeks, BR pullets don't have big pink combs like that, plus the coloring is lighter than most pullets.
 

 

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post #3 of 7
6/19/12 at 1:46pm

Looks like a roo to me from the color

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post #4 of 7
6/19/12 at 2:25pm
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Bad picture there, but from what I can tell, looks like a cockerel. At 4 weeks, BR pullets don't have big pink combs like that, plus the coloring is lighter than most pullets.
 

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post #5 of 7
6/19/12 at 2:29pm

It's a boy!

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post #6 of 7
6/19/12 at 2:48pm

I think it's a cockerel.  Males have thinner and lighter barring patterns than females.

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3 Welsummers, 8 Cinnamon Queens, 2 Easter Eggers, 1 barred rock, 1 Blue Wheaten Ameraucana, 1 leghorn/ameraucana cross, 2 RIR and 7 EE/OE chicklets, 6 rabbits, 1 mischievous housecat, one Catahoula bulldog, and one amazing husband to share it all with!  Just call me coop queen!

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post #7 of 7
6/20/12 at 12:50pm
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Okay, and sorry about the picture. She's very rambunctious, and couldn't sit still! hmm.png

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