The ones with the splotched white areas on head and body,yellow legs should be roosters, the ones with a well defined small white spot on their head, black or dark, dark coloring on the front of legs usually hens, the lighter/ darker tint of the chicks is not a real definition,, i have several hens that were light when they were small and some still are at 9 weeeks, the best way to tell is by the comb and wattles, if they are well developed and red, thats a good sign of being male, the hens usually develope just before starting to lay. Pic 1 i see 4 hens, all in all because i can not see the individual birds, legs, side body shots, i will say 60% male 40 female
I have a barred rock hen and rooster and just recently hatched out a few chicks and I am a little familiar with the breed . Now , today I went and purchased 17 barred rock chicks and I am a little unsure if they are of not. I believe they are but some of them are a darker black and makes me question their breed, I was also told they were 5 weeks old , which I don't believe . I have also been reading about sexing barred rock chicks , something about black on their legs , spots on their heads and the color ??
