Barred Rock - Pullet or Roo?

[jdoane]

OK. Need some help here. I've posted both on the Barred Rock thread and the raising baby chicks thread and get mixed opinions.

This is my 4 week old Barred Rock. She was sexed by Meyers as a pullet but we'll see. Up until 4 weeks all signs pointed to pullet (dark wash on legs, early tail feathers, pretty solid dot on her head as a tiny chick, currently pretty dark feathering). But at 4 weeks I noticed her little comb had pinked up just a tad. It didn't stay that way. Seems to come and go. And she has little waddles sprouting. I did compare to my Golden Sex Link of same age and it doesn't look any different.

Here she is at 3 weeks



And here she is at 4 weeks



Any thoughts? I had heard barred rocks were pretty easy to sex at this age but....

Thanks!

 

[cluckcluckluke]

Looks like a little rooster!!!

 

[shmccarthy]

The coloring says pullet so far but I would keep an eye on that comb. If it keeps developing quickly like that, then you may have a boy with poor coloring.

 

[Iuvmychix]

The coloring says pullet so far but I would keep an eye on that comb. If it keeps developing quickly like that, then you may have a boy with poor coloring.

X2

 

[enola]

Do I see a white spot on his head? If so, he is a he...................

 

[jdoane]

Do I see a white spot on his head? If so, he is a he...................

Nope. No white spot. I think that may have been a little halo effect from the remaining fuzz on her/his head. Head is pretty dark with only flecks of light grey/white.

 

[Wyandottes7]

I think that it is a pullet, based off the coloring (males would be lighter). However, "she" may turn out to be a "he" if that comb gets larger/redder!

 

[jdoane]

Really no big change in a week. "She" is now 5 weeks. The comb doesn't seem much bigger and hasn't gotten any pinker. It does seem to get pink when "she's" been running around a lot.



And her comb is almost exactly the size and color of my Golden Sex Link.

 

[donrae]

That's a pullet.