Barred Rock Sexing

[hdowden]

comb shots would help but from what i can see of the combs and the color of the frount of the legs looks like the left is a pullet and the right is a cockerel indeed

 

[du808]

comb shots would help but from what i can see of the combs and the color of the frount of the legs looks like the left is a pullet and the right is a cockerel indeed

Thanks, the wife is stressing that the dark ones are bigger than the light ones and she is keen to get a decent rooster out of the batch. Might upload some better photos of all 8 tommorow in a new thread and see that everyone thinks.

 

[Apyl]

Sorry for hijacking this thread, but is this generally the rule, that the boys are lighter and the girls are darker?



Would that make left a girl and right a boy?

Thanks

Yes , thats what I have always read and seen. I'll find a pic of my boy vs girl I have.

 

[Judy]

For some strains of Barred Rock, sexing is relatively easy, and yes, it includes that males are lighter. I've guessed correctly by young chick head spots and leg color. See here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/331015/what-sex-is-my-barred-rock

 

[Apyl]

Here is a pic I just took of my 8 week 5 day old Barred Rocks.


Female


Male

 

[Apyl]

Thanks, the wife is stressing that the dark ones are bigger than the light ones and she is keen to get a decent rooster out of the batch. Might upload some better photos of all 8 tommorow in a new thread and see that everyone thinks.

Actually from what I see in my flock, the females do grow larger faster but the boys catch up. Its still weird that the one had the comb and waddle making it look like a male but the coloring is so dark. I bet it will be a gorgeous bird when its full grown.

 

[Red Barn Farms]

First image is a cockerel. Second image is a pullet.

 

[mjchickenfarmer]

It is really easy, if you don't mean to highjack a thread then DON'T. How rude.

 

[Hezz]

It is really easy, if you don't mean to highjack a thread then DON'T. How rude.

Hmmm... That's really no way to treat people on the forum if you want help.

A lot of people do that just to compare their birds. There's really no harm in it.

Anyway, the top pic is a roo and the bottom a pullet.

 

[4-H chicken mom]

They are both pullets. When posting pics, try to take them by themselves. It is to see all the feathers when someone is holding them.

du808 yours is pullet on the left roo on the right.