4 week old Barred Rock

[Lacey1988]

This is my BR pullet see any difference

 

[punky rooster]

Quote:
The spot thing only works for baby chicks. The comb makes me think male.

 

[tarragon]

What other signs should I look for to tell the difference, and how soon? I can't have a rooster, so if she is a he I need to find a new home for Pippin, but I don't want to do it too soon and be mistaken. There is no difference in leg color between Pippin and the other Barred Rock I have, both have dark fronts. Pippin has a bit more white in the feathers, but the rest is black, not grey.
This leaves a real dilemma, do I settle for only 3 chickens instead of my planned 4? Do I go get another BR on May 2nd when they get a delivery? How do I raise 1 single BR when the other chicks will be 5-6 weeks old? My luck, I'll get one more and it will turn out Pippin is a girl who grew her comb a bit early then I'll have 5 chickens in a coop built for 4. Aaaaaaah! Advice needed!
Do you need more/better pictures? Doesn't anyone see a pullet in those pics? (why, yes, I am sounding desperate, thanks.)

 

[crossgirl]

Clearly you need emergency back up chickens. And another coop!

 

[Steergirl]

Mine are the same age and none of them have that much comb and none of them have any pink, roo sorry.

 

[elabraleon]

I would consider starting to find him a new home now. No more pictures needed... His legs are very thick, comb large and red already. No doubt boy.

 

[BANTAMWYANDOTTE]

Check out my month old BR's and see what BYC said.....BTW I have to agree Roo....Sorry.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=487555

 

[tarragon]

Grrr. It's so hard when you can get such varying opinions. I saw someone else's page that said her barred rock was overwhelmingly voted roo, but now that he's laying eggs she's pretty sure it's a girl. I've also read that boys have all yellow legs and Pippin has dark legs like our other BR. Maybe some other signs will start to appear on her soon. I really, really want her to be a her.

 

[tinydancer87]

I picked up 2 BR chicks from the "pullet" bin at TSC--now at about 5 weeks old, I can tell that I have one boy and one girl. The girl is much darker, not a lot of white barring at all, and not so red on the face. And both had dark legs when they were young, but now the rooster has a more yellow leg color. The boy has a lot of white.

Random comment--I love when the little roo's start growing their cute little wattles! I can see them in the pic where your chick is looking up at the camera.

 

[MikeS(erama)]

Definitely roo. We got "sexes pullets" last year from mypetchicken and our barred rock roo started out just like that. We held onto hope for him being a girl...but he was definitely a roo. Lol
The old saying goes: black with white stripes, hen. white with black stripes, roo.
And sorry to say, that little roo is white with black stripes and a big pink comb already lol