10 week barred rock turning out to be a pullet?

[Leeloo7]

Hi everyone! I have a barred rock that we were convinced was a boy at around 5 weeks old because her comb had turned red early but now that she’s 10 weeks, I am thinking she’s a hen! Thoughts!?

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Looks female.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

Commercial Barred Rocks are known for being precocious comb developers as females, so it is not unusual to find an early reddening combed pullet to be a pullet.

I'm seeing no saddle feathers, no sickle feathers (although both of those can develop later), and more importantly she *looks* darker, single barred versus lighter double barred (but I nearly go blind at this age trying to figure out if a bird is black on white or white on black).

Looks good at this point for a hen. Keep watching. You should know in a few weeks for certain.

LofMc

 

[Leeloo7]

Thank you both for your feedback! I’m new to chickens and she’s my only BR so it was hard to figure out what to look for aside from coloring and her comb. This one definitely had me on the fence for quite some time!

 

[Leeloo7]

Hi everyone! I wanted to post on here and let you all know that despite my barred rock showing some rooster-like characteristics, she ended up being a hen! She definitely has the largest comb of our flock but we are getting lots of beautiful eggs from her now. Here’s a pic I took today of her hanging out with her cat buddy.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Hi everyone! I wanted to post on here and let you all know that despite my barred rock showing some rooster-like characteristics, she ended up being a hen! She definitely has the largest comb of our flock but we are getting lots of beautiful eggs from her now. Here’s a pic I took today of her hanging out with her cat buddy.

Awesome!