Barred Rock Chicken

[chexmix]

This is HeHey we have been doing so much Research on how this bread will auto sex themselves and with all the signs Hehey is a Roo. But he submits to me and my sister we are the ones that handle the chickens regularly and I guess my real question is will a Roo submit like the Hens do? GiGi is the last picture and we know she is a laying hen and her coloring is almost white with grey is how it look hard to tell in the photos. but had put on here for comparison. TIA for any Advice.

 

[MysteryChicken]

That is a pullet.

Cockerels/Rooster's will Squat, I've had a few submit to me before.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Agreed. Both chickens are pullets.

 

[SilverBirds]

She's a female. She's single barred.

 

[chexmix]

She's a female. She's single barred.

What is single Barred?

 

[MysteryChicken]

What is single Barred?

Single Barred means they're darker. Also females only carry 1 Barring Gene.

Males are Double Barred, means they're lighter/have wider white bars, & males can have 2 Barring Genes.

Males with Single Barring are often crosses.

 

[ShrekDawg]

What is single Barred?

The darker coloring that she is. Roosters are lighter with more white on them. Double barred.

 

[chexmix]

Single Barred means they're darker. Also females only carry 1 Barring Gene.

Males are Double Barred, means they're lighter/have wider white bars, & males can have 2 Barring Genes.

Males with Single Barring are often crosses.

Thank you

 

[MysteryChicken]

Thank you

You're welcome. Barring is some I have most experience with.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

What is single Barred?

One white bar to every dark bar in the feather pattern. Males have two white bars, side by side, to every dark bar, so the white bars appear wider than the dark bars. Makes them appear grey when compared side by side to a pullet or hen. Do some Googling and you should see the difference.