And Bars After All?

[3KillerBs]

7 weeks today.

Last time I tried to check I didn't see any bars on the suspects' wings. But today, on two different occasions, I thought I could see bars on Blue-Band Cockerel's neck when he sat in the sun.



This is why I wanted Assorted White Layers when I couldn't get the Delawares instead of Assorted Brown Layers.

My birds from Welp are healthy and vigorous, but I do not like having to order this many at once and having to take them in units of 5 of a kind.

Here he is again (pay no attention to the photobombing barred rock).

Any suggestions on getting clearer photos of active, healthy chicks who don't stand still to be photographed? I could pull individuals out of the pile at night, but I don't know if the phone's flash would give me accurate representations of the colors.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Sure it's not wire-shadow?

 

[Painted Calls]

Pretty sure I see very light barring in his hackles. Either way, at 7 weeks that's a cockerel.

 

[Silviaschicks]

Not sure about the bars, but he is a roo

 

[3KillerBs]

Sure it's not wire-shadow?

Yes, because he was the only one showing that pattern.

Pretty sure I see very light barring in his hackles. Either way, at 7 weeks that's a cockerel.

I've been sure he was a boy from about 2-3 weeks. The first comb to pop up in the batch (I *think* that all 5 of my straight runs plus at least one more, maybe 2, are cockerels).

 

[3KillerBs]

So, I lured them with mash and grabbed him. He's a feisty, little thing, but I managed to achieve better closeups.

 

[3KillerBs]

I didn't have enough hands to flip him over to get the color of the bottoms of his feet.

 

[Painted Calls]

Oh yeah - he's definitely barred!

 

[Painted Calls]

I didn't have enough hands to flip him over to get the color of the bottoms of his feet.

Betting they're yellow.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

So, I lured them with mash and grabbed him. He's a feisty, little thing, but I managed to achieve better closeups. View attachment 2893385View attachment 2893386View attachment 2893387View attachment 2893388View attachment 2893389View attachment 2893392View attachment 2893394

Yep, that's barring.