5 WK Barred Rock Gender guesses

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Thanks all, again; per request; one breed per post as to not bog down one big post!
So here are my Barred Rock **supposed** 5 WK pullets
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yAY!

Now..can you PLEASE tell me how you can tell.

I'm trying to learn as I go!!!
 
With my limited knowledge the answer is pullets are darker than roos. too soon for me to be able to say anything about the tail feathers. Now to wait for the experts to find out what I don't know. LOL\\Nancy
 
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In chickens, the female is the one with 2 different chromosomes- the Z & W. The male is homozygous- ZZ.

Since the female can only carry one of the barring gene, as it sits on the Z, she has a wider black bar than white, whereas the male has 2 of the gene, and has much wider white stripes than black.

Neato, huh?
 
so that top one; even tho it shows more white barring; at the neck/base..is still a girl?
 
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Yes- the rest of the feathering shows enough of a consistent wider black presence, where in a roo, the white would always be wider than the black at this point. The 50/50 coloring of the head would give me pause, but there's very little white in general on the rest of the body.
 

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