Is this a sex link?

[KindleTay]

Hello! I recently bought barred rock chicks locally to add to my flock. My intentions are to breed them because barred rocks are my favorite and no one has them in my area.

Anyway, now I’m worried that I may have quite a few sex links. But I don’t know much about them to say for sure! I have 2-3 (out of 22) that have black heads. They have barring on the wings and are also much larger than the rest of them despite being from the same clutch…

I doubt they are all sex links (or I just don’t want to believe I have 19-20 roosters ). I do think most of them are barred rocks based on how I’ve been able to sex them fairly easily.

Anyway, any thoughts on breed??

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I see no barring. No barring means it's not a barred

 

[KindleTay]

I see no barring. No barring means it's not a barred

What would you call it then? I’m certain it’s not a barred rock, but I don’t know what it is. The feathers on the wings are different.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Could be a black australorp maybe?

 

[SilverBirds]

What kind of comb does he have? It looks a bit flat, but I can't tell for sure.

 

[KindleTay]

What kind of comb does he have? It looks a bit flat, but I can't tell for sure.

It hasn’t really come in yet, nothing really remarkable about it yet!

 

[5 Points Wingfeather]

At that age, people can tell you what they are *not* but will have a hard time pinpointing what they are. Where did you get them? Was it a reputable breeder or a backyard flock? If a backyard flock, they might be mixed breeds

 

[SilverBirds]

It hasn’t really come in yet, nothing really remarkable about it yet!

Can you get a picture anyways? You can tell if a chick has a single comb right after it hatches. Pea and rose are harder to differentiate at a young age, but it would be obvious that its one of the two.

 

[KindleTay]

Could be a black australorp maybe?

At that age, people can tell you what they are *not* but will have a hard time pinpointing what they are. Where did you get them? Was it a reputable breeder or a backyard flock? If a backyard flock, they might be mixed breeds

I’m sure there are several that are crosses. I’m just wanting some possible ideas at this point. The ones without head spots are clearly not pure BR so I’m a little nervous that there may be several sex linked roos that I might have tagged as female. Just wanting a place to start so I can look for characteristics. The guy I bought them from has been breeding for a few years but obviously there was some confusion or intermingling going on

 

[KindleTay]

Could be a black australorp maybe?

At that age, people can tell you what they are *not* but will have a hard time pinpointing what they are. Where did you get them? Was it a reputable breeder or a backyard flock? If a backyard flock, they might be mixed breeds

Right, I’m just wanting some possible ideas at this point. The ones without head spots are clearly not pure BR so I’m a little nervous that there may be several sex linked roos that I might have tagged as female

Can you get a picture anyways? You can tell if a chick has a single comb right after it hatches. Pea and rose are harder to differentiate at a young age, but it would be obvious that it’s one of the two.

I did my best! Same bird.