Barrard Rocks... Roos or Pullets???

[okiehen]

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The people I got them from only have australorpe and Barr Rocks.(sorry spelling)..... So that is why I was asking if it could be a hybrid... They do not have Marans.... I was just thinking the leg color looks so different on these two... One is a whitish color and the other is yellow.... Any ideas???

Do the people have both breeds of roosters? Are they all running together?
If the people you got them from have black australorp rooster x barred rock hens = chicks would/ could be black sex link making the roosters barred and the pullets black. And the first chick would could be that cross.
If the people only have barred rock rooster over both barred rock hens and black australorp hens all the chicks will be barred.
This also could be what chick #1 is, barred rock dad x black australorp mom.
Both chicks look to be roosters .

 

[Backyard Hencam]

I'll pass this on to you. Hope it helps.

According to UC Davis Veterinary Care Program.
2. Physical Characteristics (4-6 weeks of age)
a. Comb – The cockerels comb is medium size and pinkish, the pullets is small and yellowish.
b. Legs – The cockerel’s legs are sturdy and long, the pullets are finer and shorter.
c. Tail – The cockerel’s tail is stumpy and curved, the pullets is longer and straight.
d. Back – The cockerel has a thin line of stub feathers down the center of his back, the pullet has more advanced feathering along the center of her back.
e. Side of neck, flank and crop – The feathering in the cockerel in these areas is poorly advanced, the pullets feathering in these areas is well advanced.
f. Wing bows – In the cockerel the wing bows are bare, in pullets the wing bows are covered with small feathers.​

 

[littledel]

both are roos

 

[speckledhen]

The first one looks like a BR cross, but could be Cuckoo Marans or a cross of that breed with another. Impossible to say. Barred Rocks should have yellow legs. And the barring is "ghosty" in spots, sort of blurred, which usually means a barred cross of some type.

The second one is a BR cockerel.

 

[smarsh2]

both are roos, and i suspect the first is a cross.