Barred Rock HEN (I hope)

[sheila3935]

I say hen too because my BR roo already has large red comb and wattle at 6 weeks

 

[highline]

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Actually, those look more like Doms to me, thinner barr and comb doesn't look BR.

 

[StormyMoon]

Don't Barred Rocks have skin color Legs ? That chicken there has yellow legs or am I seeing things?
Or is this a trait that I have not learned about? I love Barred Rocks more than any breed but all my girls have skin color legs with black lines down the front.

 

[StormyMoon]

When people want pullets they get roos, when they want roos they get pullets.

I went back to the feed store seeking roos and ended up with 2 more pullets but at 3 - 4 weeks they didnt have any marking down the leg then around 7 and 8 weeks the dark started to spread over the front of their legs.

 

[StormyMoon]

When people want pullets they get roos, when they want roos they get pullets.

I went back to the feed store seeking roos and ended up with 2 more pullets but at 3 - 4 weeks they didnt have any marking down the leg then around 7 and 8 weeks the dark started to spread over the front of their legs.

 

[jennh]

I'm sorry to say, but the "mystery" chick still looks like a pullet to me, BUT the new one looks like a Roo! I'm judging by the comb and wattles, plus the tail looks roo-ish to me

JMHO,
Jen

 

[speckledhen]

Barred Rocks have yellow legs. Cuckoo Marans have the legs you're talking about, sort of whitish, Stormy.

 

[silkieowner]

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Actually, those look more like Doms to me, thinner barr and comb doesn't look BR.

There barred rocks they have yellow legs where doms have whitish coloured legs.

 

[Louieandthecrew]

I say pullet! My Barred Rock hen looks pretty much the same as the but she is... Buffer i'd say

 

[rnorris1234]

Well... today when i was in the run, I picked up the mystery chicken and the light glinted off of a very pretty and shiny black/green tail feather. So I guess that settles that. Not a hen and not a BR. He seems well mannerd and I bet he will be a pretty roo when he grows up. I've been looking at EE/BR crosses and that is a possibility. I will have to find a new home for him soon. I really don't need another rooster. (And I'm not really sure I'm up for freezer camp). Bummer!!!