Barred Rocks!!

[DesertChic]

Hey! New to the forum and come across this thread. Are these barred rock I have? One that has a rose come- some are darker and one has orange on her neck. I thought some might be mixed. A friend got these at the auction and we bought them off him...not even sure if they came from the same seller or not. They are 4 months old now..got them at 3 months. Also if you can point out the rooster's I would appreciate it!

The one with the rose comb is a Dominique. The ones with single combs are Barred Rocks. The ones that are lighter in color are cockerels. The darker ones are pullets. At 4 months old, pullets will be just starting to turn red in the combs. The cockerels have red combs as early as 6 weeks old. I only see a couple pullets in your pictures. Most of those are cockerels.

The one with the rose comb MIGHT be a Dominique, but given that you indicated some other colors in the feathers, I would guess that someone crossed their BRs with some Easter Eggers or Ameraucanas. My BR rooster mated with my Buff Silkie and the offspring are barred, but with rose combs instead of single combs. Cute little buggers with black skin, fluffy heads, and lovely darker barring.

 

[alanabug]

The one with the rose comb MIGHT be a Dominique, but given that you indicated some other colors in the feathers, I would guess that someone crossed their BRs with some Easter Eggers or Ameraucanas. My BR rooster mated with my Buff Silkie and the offspring are barred, but with rose combs instead of single combs. Cute little buggers with black skin, fluffy heads, and lovely darker barring.

Hey thanks for your input Desertchic. Only one has color in her neck, she is my profile pic with my daughter. Two do have white feet, the rest are yellow footed. I have two darker pullets and one darker one that looks to be a boy. A couple of the lighter ones are for sure female..maybe some closer up pics are in order? I do have some more pictures that are supposed to post. Like I said, I'm not sure if they were even auctioned by the same person, I bought them off a friend who bought them. Thanks for all input, anyone else have some thoughts?

 

[junebuggena]

The one in your profile looks like a black sexlink cockerel.

 

[alanabug]

The one in your profile looks like a black sexlink cockerel.

The other pictures posted, but you have to go back one page to see them. I thought black sexlinks were black. am I wrong? I ordered 3 barred rock pullets, 4 dominiques, and 4 cukoo marons from meyers. I liked my mutts , whatever they may be, so much, I ordered these to compare. I'm not showing, so whatever they are is fine. One of the dark pullets is so soft she feels like silk and I named her silkie

 

[junebuggena]

Male black sex links are barred and usually have some gold feathering throughout.

 

[alanabug]

Male black sex links are barred and usually have some gold feathering throughout.

Ohh ok. How about the pullets, if you look at the other pictures that posted, this is most definite a pullet. I've been lurking for a month or so since I got them and have been reading all I could. My husband knows more about chickens than I do, and he kinda sexed ours to his best he knew. Would you like for me to take some close-ups and post tomorrow, so you can see them better? I wonder why two of them have white feet? I'm on page 38 reading all I can and have enjoyed all the post and pictures very much!

 

[junebuggena]

The lighter ones can't be female, and I'll tell you why. Female barred birds can only pass their barring gene to their male offspring. Male barred birds can give their barred gene to both male and female offspring. This means that males get two barring genes, one from their mother and one from their father. Females only get one barring gene, and it can only come from the father. The double copy of the barring gene is what makes males look lighter. They have narrow bands of black and wider bands of white. In the case of mixed breeds, a darker barred bird may be a cockerel, but a lighter bird is always going to be male.

 

[slordaz]

BR roosters will breed anything that moves from what I am seeing including trying the ducks, our Amerecuana and RiR sticking to their own lol

 

[alanabug]

BR roosters will breed anything that moves from what I am seeing including trying the ducks, our Amerecuana and RiR sticking to their own lol

Haha lol that ain't right

 

[alanabug]

The lighter ones can't be female, and I'll tell you why. Female barred birds can only pass their barring gene to their male offspring. Male barred birds can give their barred gene to both male and female offspring. This means that males get two barring genes, one from their mother and one from their father. Females only get one barring gene, and it can only come from the father. The double copy of the barring gene is what makes males look lighter. They have narrow bands of black and wider bands of white. In the case of mixed breeds, a darker barred bird may be a cockerel, but a lighter bird is always going to be male.

I hope you can see what I see or show me where I'm wrong. The thing behind the ears wattles? are bigger on males vs. females. Thats why I think I have a couple of lighter females. Then one of the darker ones have green on a tail feather, as you can see from the pictures, might be a male. Thanks for any help. I did read on some posts on here somewhere, where some females were light in color. Might be rare, don't know/ The bottom pic for example to me looks like a pullet on the right, male on left.