Yes, that's a barred rock. The comb looks a little bit small to be a rooster at 4 months old. Is this a current picture? The tail does look rooster-y though.
I knew she was an EE as is her sister in the background but it was just that stance lol. I had an OE cockerel that had almost the exact same body style (different color and pattern of course) so it was really throwing me off. I'm glad to know now and that will help me if I run into this...
I have chickens for about a year and I've gotten pretty good at this but this one had me stumped. I got this chicken about a month ago and was given an incorrect age at first. The comb has just started to get red and plump up in the past 2 weeks so I'm thinking 4 - 6 months? The tail and hackle...
When our cockerel was suffering, we put him in a black and yellow Home Depot tote with the lid clicked shut so it was airtight. It didn't take long before he had passed. Edited to add: By the time we got to this point, he was already laying on his side with a dark purple comb and halfway gone so...
I have 3 BR pullets that had big combs like that at a young age but they had the barring pattern of pullets. I was still convinced that somehow I had the worst luck in the world and got 3 cockerels but they all turned out to be girls so I think that bigger combs might just be a trait for that breed.
I don't free feed because I wanted to encourage foraging more in my flock, also my pullets are little piggies and were getting a little too plump lol. I open the feeders for about 1 hour in the morning to ensure that even the lowest pecking order girls are eating well. Then about 20 minutes in...