Barred Rock or Dominique you tell me???

[4HillsSumatras]

Bought 9 5 week old chicks at the Winston Show in March. They were suppose to be barred rocks. Now they are 10 weeks old and I know I have at least a few doms. Out of the 9, 7 are light in color (more white than black). Out of those 7, 4 of them are Dom cockerels I think because of the rose comb. the other 3 are not showing waddels and have singel combs. (Thinking they are Barred pullets) Then I have 2 birds that I think are Dom pullets. They are more black than the other birds but they are not showing rose combs.

Never had Barred rocks or Doms so I am not use to the way they look. I guess they could be just mixed. any help would be greatly appricated. Here are some pics.

This is one of the Darker possiable pullets

There is one of the cockerels:

And what I think are the Barred pullets:

 

[mother o' chicks72]

the girls are both barred rocks and the roo is a dominique.

 

[4HillsSumatras]

mother o' chicks72 :

the girls are both barred rocks and the roo is a dominique.

So the Barreds can be dark or light in color? But will never have a rose comb? Doms will always have rose combs?​

 

[mother o' chicks72]

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So the Barreds can be dark or light in color? But will never have a rose comb? Doms will always have rose combs?

dominiques always have rose combs, barred rocks always have single combs. i can't necessarily guarantee your barred rocks are girls, because one is a bit paler(roo characteristic) but there CAN be pale hens sometimes.

 

[4HillsSumatras]

mother o' chicks72 :

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So the Barreds can be dark or light in color? But will never have a rose comb? Doms will always have rose combs?

dominiques always have rose combs, barred rocks always have single combs. i can't necessarily guarantee your barred rocks are girls, because one is a bit paler(roo characteristic) but there CAN be pale hens sometimes.​

The "Paler" ones are not showing any signs of being roos. No waddels, no sickel feathers starting like the dom cockerels. Thanks for the info.

 

[Fred's Hens]

The breeds have been crossed back and forth, to be honest. The rose comb is essential for the Dom.
Time will tell, but if I had to hazard a guess, I'd not be over confident on all those BRs being pullets. Time will tell.

 

[Celtic Chick]

mother o' chicks72 :

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So the Barreds can be dark or light in color? But will never have a rose comb? Doms will always have rose combs?

dominiques always have rose combs, barred rocks always have single combs.​

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Kinda hard to tell from the lighting on the pics, but they all kinda look like pullets except the 3rd pic.