Are my black sexlinks pullets?

[KelseyIrene]

New chick momma here! I have two black sexlinks that were sold to me as pullets but wanted to see if any others had girls with distinct combs? Neither one of them had white spots on their heads when I got them but one comb is more distinct than the other girls. both are pictured

 

[sourland]

If they are, indeed, black sexlinks, they are pullets. Cockerels would be barred.

 

[KelseyIrene]

If they are, indeed, black sexlinks, they are pullets. Cockerels would be barred.

New to this, please don't laugh. What does barred mean or look like?

 

[The Moonshiner]

Male BSLs have barring while females don't. The headspot at hatch is from the barring gene.
No headspot when chicks, no barring now = not males.
They do have the very typical female BSL coloring. No worries for you, they're pullets

 

[The Moonshiner]

New to this, please don't laugh. What does barred mean or look like?

Barred is those black and white stripey chickens.
This would be a typical BSL cockerel

 

[KelseyIrene]

Barred is those black and white stripey chickens.
This would be a typical BSL cockerel
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Thank you for explaining!

 

[fowltemptress]

New to this, please don't laugh. What does barred mean or look like?

Heya! No laughter here. To expand on the example picture Moony posted, if you go here you can look through pictures of black sex links:

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/product/black-sex-links/

Everything black and white striped (or black and white "barred") is male, and the black birds with some coppery coloring are female. They're a very pretty cross of chicken; enjoy your girls!

 

[KelseyIrene]

Heya! No laughter here. To expand on the example picture Moony posted, if you go here you can look through pictures of black sex links:

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/product/black-sex-links/

Everything black and white striped (or black and white "barred") is male, and the black birds with some coppery coloring are female. They're a very pretty cross of chicken; enjoy your girls!

Thank you!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

We are here to teach, not to mock. Welcome to BYC!