Barred Rocks chicks 3-4wks - all roos?

[BlazeJester]

I'm thinking about buying a pullet off of a local lady with BRs (hatchery quality). Based on the techniques I've seen for sexing I think all 4 are cockerels - the head spots are ill-defined, their color is light, their combs are large and the legs I can see have very little splash. Thoughts?

 

[Chickenrandomness]

hmmm. i'm not a expert at sexing barred/cuckoo birds, but i think you may have a roo (the small one one the far left in the second pic)

 

[Happy Chooks]

2 pullets, 2 cockerels. In your 2nd picture the cockerels are on the outside, pullets on the inside.

 

[technodoll]

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i sexed my 4 BR pullets this way at 3 weeks of age and was bang on

 

[BlazeJester]

Does the amount of feathering have anything to do with successful sexing?

 

[Happy Chooks]

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Generally cockerels do feather in slower than pullets. But I've had slow feathering pullets too, so it's not always the case. Yours however, can be sexed on coloring. Notice the wing coloring on the 2 on the outside - more white than black. That means cockerel. The 2 on the inside have more black than white. That means pullet.

 

[BlazeJester]

Excellent. Looks like I will only be buying the two, then

Thanks!