Looks
This is my "beautiful" Barred Plymouth Rock, Petunia. This is her first molt, and it isn't pretty! I'd like to enter her in the "All other Breeds" category!! ! l
I believe for sure it's a hen .. Look at the feathers in front of the tails roosters are long and pointy . Yours is not.. It's how I can tell and it's been right every time
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Egg color does naturally lighten as hens age in general and as they get farther along in a particular laying cycle, so brown layers may lay really light colored tan eggs by the end of the cycle. Otherwise the main culprits seem to be stress, disease and various drugs. Here is a good...
A really good way to tell is by the feathers in front of their tail roosters are long and pointy and hens more rounded this way works for me every time sure looks like a hen
Tha
Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan :D
I am not that familiar with Barnvelders - you may want to post your picture in the Barnveleder thread, look in the Forum under Chicken Breeds