6 week old barred rock chicks gender

Strawberry74

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Thoughts? Picture included of dad. Mama is deceased but adoptive mama is taking good care.

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If you can get closer photos of the combs, that would help. But from a distance, I see one pullet and one suspect roo that might have a larger than average comb for her age. It's a bit hard to tell.
 
I think this is the one we might be questioning?

I have looked at other 6 week old PBR and they have much brighter and bigger vomb and wattles and more white barring, but I have no idea here.

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Barred Rocks are sexable by color, or actually by barring. Males have twice the white, due to a "double barring" gene that gives them two white bars to every black bar. Like this. Females on the right, male on left.

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