Barred Rock or Something else!?

[juliasflock]

I picked up these 4 Barred Rock “pullets “. They are about 4 weeks old. I originally thought I had bad luck and got 3 roos, but posting somewhere else, many have said only 1 that actually looks like a BR. Do I have 3 cockerels and 1 pullet of Barred Rock, or do I have 1 BR pullet and 3 of a different breed? Her are some day old pictures as well as today

 

[junebuggena]

Those are mixes. The usual rules for sexing Barred Rocks will not apply. So far, you don't have any obvious cockerels.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Where did you get them? Could be black sex links, but I'm just guessing. I don't think they are barred rocks either. Are they supposed to be purebred?

 

[juliasflock]

Where did you get them? Could be black sex links, but I'm just guessing. I don't think they are barred rocks either. Are they supposed to be purebred?

I got them from Tractor Supply. They are supposed to be pure the shipment had just come in that morning.

 

[junebuggena]

I got them from Tractor Supply. They are supposed to be pure the shipment had just come in that morning.

I wonder what hatchery they ordered from. Those most certainly are NOT Barred Rocks, or any other purebred.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I got them from Tractor Supply. They are supposed to be pure the shipment had just come in that morning.

Tractor supply like to sell their own mixes like Asian blacks, they also get chicks mixed up often.

 

[juliasflock]

Tractor supply like to sell their own mixes like Asian blacks, they also get chicks mixed up often.

They are from Tractor Supplyand supplied by Hoover Hatchery. They had Asian there too, but none of those had black dots on their heads

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Their black sex links have head spots, otherwise the Asian blacks have those brown faces. Makes me wonder if they are black sex link roosters, but I don't know anything about sex links.

 

[lazy gardener]

I believe they ARE barred rocks, and there is only one pullet. The feather pattern on the breasts of the males is not typical, but then again... hatchery stock is not known for adhering to SOP.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

I think you have three BSL cockerels....