Barred Rock Pullets ?

[GC-Raptor]

That's what the sign read.
My girls are 13 days old and the wings and tails have grown rapidly on half.
Are there cockerels in the brooder? Or a different breed.
The first Pic is 7 days old. The rest are 13 days old.

GC

 

[50-45-1]

At this point i would say they still could be pullets.
To early to tell for sure.

 

[GC-Raptor]

At this point i would say they still could be pullets.
To early to tell for sure.

I sure hope so. My first chicks in 28 months.
My first were Golden Comets and I don't remember if their feather growth was so different.
Of course I would not have worried about a possible Roo with sex-links. GC

 

[imnukensc]

Much too early to tell for sure, but I don't see anything that makes me think rooster----yet.

 

[50-45-1]

The first signs of a rooster are a comb turning pink before the others and he will have thicker legs and bigger feet than the girls.

 

[Hawgfan]

One thing I can see on a few are dark shanks. That can indicate pullet, though not fool proof. In a few weeks the cockerels will begin to look lighter in color, if you have any. You would probably start to notice more red in the comb as well.

 

[GC-Raptor]

I took some pics of shanks, all are dark, some more so. Males don't have black shanks?

GC

 

[GC-Raptor]

The first signs of a rooster are a comb turning pink before the others and he will have thicker legs and bigger feet than the girls.

Some do have bigger feet. But too early to tell? GC

 

[Alexandra33]

So far, all pullets. Someone please come along and set my thinking at rights if I'm incorrect, but I believe pullets generally have smaller head spots than males.

~Alex

 

[imnukensc]

I've never had luck with sexing using the head spot. I've had chicks with small defined spots and those with large spots that went well down into the neck. Luckily, they've all been pullets.