Barred Rock and Blacl Sex Links, supposedly female but I have doubts

[Charlene]

Hi All,

This BR looks suspiciously like a cockerel to me. She/he is about 3 months old. The Black sex links doesn't look like anything I've seen on-line? Also, 3 months old. I was told they are RIR/BR. I am confused.

 

[jossanne]

The "black sex-link" you're showing is a silver-laced wyandotte pullet. Pretty! Lucky you!

The BR doesn't look like the cockerels we had. I'm crossing my fingers that it's a female.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

No reason to worry.

SLW Pullet and Barred Rock Pullet - A BR Roo would be lighter colored.

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

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I agree - you have a SLW pullet & a BR pullet. I had the same thing happen to me in reverse -- I bought 'gold laced wyandotte' pullets from my feed store and they turned out to be black sexlinks.

 

[Charlene]

Silver laced wynadotte? Well that is certainly something I wasn't expecting.

Are you guys sure about the BR? I think it's got funky tail feathers starting up. I have 2 BR hens, but maybe they just have really dull tails.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Your "Barred Rock" is the black sex-link. It is a MALE black sex-link.

The "sex-link" is a silver-laced Wyandotte.

 

[cw]

the barred rock is a pullet we we have 20 more just like her, if she was a he, he would be a lighter color and would be bigger at that age

 

[ve]

I agree with RODRIGUEZPOULTRY it is Black Sex Link rooster and is darker because of it

 

[Year of the Rooster]

The Barred Rock/Black Sex-link is a rooster, I agree. If you look at the tail, you will see sickle feathers.

 

[jossanne]

Those last 3 posts are right, I think. I didn't see the saddle feathers on the barred bird before. I think that is a black sex-link male. Sorry! Am I seeing red shadows on its chest, too? It's kind of blurry in front in the pics, and I can't really tell. That bird didn't want to pose for pictures, did it?