13 week old barnevelders : roosters or hens?

[fishergirl25]

I started with 4 chicks and this is them 13 weeks later. I think it only have 1 rooster, but please tell me if it is still too early to tell. Do they develop at different rates if they are all born on the same day?

 

[Griffinsong]

There's only one that strikes me as a cockerel, too, the black laced one.

Sad to say though, those are blue laced red Wyandottes[one with black lacing, the others blue and splash], not Barnevelders

Barnevelders would have noticable marking/color differences between the sexes, and they also have a slightly different pattern [double laced as opposed to just laced] and a different type of comb.

 

[fishergirl25]

Oh good to know! This is our first time with chickens and the local lady who sells chicks said they were barnevelders. So are Wyandottes good egg layers?

 

[Griffinsong]

Wyandottes are generally good layers, they are a dual purpose breed and lay brown eggs, not the best, but not bad at all.

 

[K Spot]

I started with 4 chicks and this is them 13 weeks later. I think it only have 1 rooster, but please tell me if it is still too early to tell. Do they develop at different rates if they are all born on the same day?

Pic 1 - Black Laced Gold in front is a rooster
Pic 2 - Blue Laced Gold in center is a pullet
Pic 3 - I think I can see some pointy saddle feathers coming through which indicates rooser, but comb says pullet. I'd wait a few more weeks on this one