Barred Rock Confusion roo vs pullet

[Mrs Stumpgrinder]

Hi everyone,

I'm so confused!

I know it's difficult to gender a BR but I have 14 seven week, 38 five week and 37 three week old chicks. I need some help

. below are a few pic's of the seven week old. I'm afraid I'm over run with roos..... can any one help.

I think the darker ones are pullets. the others not sure

Are the two lighter ones in the forground Roos?

?

I think the one in the back is a roo and the other a pullet

then again, I can be totally wrong...

Thanks
Mrs Stumpgrinder is over run will chicks.......

 

[Judy]

Actually, they are some of the easiest to sex, even as day olds.

I would say offhand that in the first pic you have 3 pullets and 5 cockerels. But pics of the legs would help a lot.

Look here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=130580

 

[Mahonri]

All of the lighter ones are roos. I guess that's why I would never order straight run.

on the bottom pic, the lighter one in front looks like a designer chicken...I have a Del X LBLH mix that looks like the lighter one in the front that is a pullet.

 

[Mrs Stumpgrinder]

Actually the lighter one in the last pic came out of my barred rock roo and hens. I had one yellow chick out of the first incubation and two out of the third incubation batch. I would think about a mix-up too. if I haven't collected the eggs myself

who knew.....

 

[Omran]

Hi there, few weeks ago I posted this chicken BR to see what every one think about it, well most friends told me that she was a rooster, but what is amaizing, that she started to squat like crazy and singing the egg song this week, so I thought about your situation now and would like to post this picture for you.

So I would wait, unless you see a very very big Comb.

BTW I am not any expert when it comes to chickens, I am just sharing my story.


Omran

 

[speckledhen]

Omran, yours looks like a cross, not a pure BR. With pure breeds, it's easier to use the usual traits for sexing.

There is something off about all the supposed BRs in the OP's picture, too. The barring looks like so many BR crosses, including the black sexlink roosters, I've seen. I'm not even venturing a guess on those because of that.

 

[Omran]

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Well thank you Cynthia, for helping me, anyway I am just happy she is a girl, I am learning a lot here, and

for me all chickens are beautiful as long as the are healthy and give me eggs.