Barred rock - potential cockerel?

berrycuteacres

In the Brooder
May 20, 2022
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I got these two barred rocks at the same time, they’re about 5/6 weeks old. They look pretty different, and I’m suspecting the one on the left might be a cockerel… thoughts?

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Left male, right female. Barred Rocks are an interesting case where the barring (whiteness) of them is on their sex chromosome, so males end up with it doubled, but females only get a single. So as a result, males are far more white than females at this age.

This is also backed up by that large red comb on the left one.
 

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