2 week old barred rocks...possible hens or roos?

[dsfrango]

dsfrango, I'm wondering if your chicks are Barred Rocks at all. They look more like Cuckoo colored. Here is a pic of a BR cockerel and pullet. If they are not really barred, then we could be wrong about the sex.

Ohh boy now your getting me worried haha

But really, I did see the parents so I'm pretty confident they are barred rocks and not Dominiques or any of the cuckoo breeds. Im pretty sure.....

 

[Pele]

They are barred rocks (cuckoo coloration is not as even as the nice lines coming in on these chicks).

However, from the amount of white coming in on them, they appear male.

 

[popsicle]

dsfrango, I'm wondering if your chicks are Barred Rocks at all. They look more like Cuckoo colored. Here is a pic of a BR cockerel and pullet. If they are not really barred, then we could be wrong about the sex.

Did you mean Younger instead of dsfrango?

ETA: Younger, where did you get your chicks? They are dark like pullets, but their beaks are awfuly bright yellow (note the cockerel above, compared to the pullet? Then compare to yours). I'm wondering if yours might be black sex link cockerels?

 

[ChickenLover200]

i don't think those are Barred rock either my BR hens did not look like that

 

[dsfrango]

Ill take a couple more pics tonight or tomorrow because I'm starting to get a little confused haha. ill get a better side shot so everyone can see the pattern. the trio she had really looked like normal barred rocks to me.

 

[popsicle]

dsfrango, yours look like Barred Rocks to me. It's Younger's that don't. However, some more pictures might help--maybe from the side and standing up.

Younger, maybe you could start your own thread if you are wondering about yours.

 

[randys]

I have 2 BR pullets both had white spots on their head.

About 3 weeks old



And now at 9 weeks old, no white spots.


Hope this helps

 

[Fred's Hens]

There is a wide variation in hatchery stock birds sold as Barred Rocks. The pullets are dark and cuckoo in feathering. The cockerel's feather in with lots and lots of white on a silver/charcoal background.

In standard bred Barred Rocks the pullets are also dark, but the barring comes in more evenly. The cockerels feather in with sharp, crisp white barring on the slightly lighter background.

But with both hatchery stock and standard bred, heritage type stock, the cockerels are the first to show their red combs and wattles. Pullets don't generally get off the plain, yellowish comb look until much, much older. Here's a pair of hatchery birds at 5 weeks and side by side, it is very noticeable, to the trained eye, the difference in males and females. Ditto with the standard bred pair featured below. It's all a matter of getting your eye trained and accustomed to see the difference.

 

[Fred's Hens]

Here are 3 chicks in the brooder. I sexed these once the fuzz dried in the incubator. Here's a photo at 3 weeks in the brooder. Again, after you see a few hundred of these chicks, the difference is easy to see, once your eye dials it in. Click on the photo to make it larger. One cockerel and two pullets.

 

[juliechick]

Yes, I was talking about Younger's birds, not dsfrango's. Sorry.