Black Sex-Link pullets or Barred Rock pullets?

[ChirpChirp963]

I need help identifying these chicks. I just purchased them from my local Tractor Supply and they were in a brooder with the labels Barred Rock pullets and Black sex-linked pullets, but the associate didn't know which was which. I told her that I only want black sex-linked pullets because the last 10 pullets that I bought from them turned out to be 10 roosters and I can't raise any more roosters here (I still have two from the first batch of 10)!

I began doing more research on the black sex-linked chicks when I got home and it seems the males will have a white spot on their head and the females will be all black on the head, beak, and legs... Please tell me that these are not cockerels! Can anyone positively identify the sex and breed of these little chicks? I can't go through what I went through the last time and I NEED more egg layers. Thank you so much in advance! I have been reading your forum for years before I actually started raising chickens and I love this community!

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

They certainly aren't Black Sexlink pullets... They could still be Barred Rock pullets, time will tell

 

[The Moonshiner]

They are not BSL pullets.
I'm gonna say they're barred rocks and hopefully for you all pullets.
BSL cockerels do look like that but I can't imagine they had a brooder full of BSL cockerels and labeled pullets.

 

[snood dude]

I need help identifying these chicks. I just purchased them from my local Tractor Supply and they were in a brooder with the labels Barred Rock pullets and Black sex-linked pullets, but the associate didn't know which was which. I told her that I only want black sex-linked pullets because the last 10 pullets that I bought from them turned out to be 10 roosters and I can't raise any more roosters here (I still have two from the first batch of 10)!

I began doing more research on the black sex-linked chicks when I got home and it seems the males will have a white spot on their head and the females will be all black on the head, beak, and legs... Please tell me that these are not cockerels! Can anyone positively identify the sex and breed of these little chicks? I can't go through what I went through the last time and I NEED more egg layers. Thank you so much in advance! I have been reading your forum for years before I actually started raising chickens and I love this community!

You cant tell till they get feathers on their wings. Wait about a week. If the feathers are barred then they are barred rocks. If not then black sex-links.

 

[The Moonshiner]

You cant tell till they get feathers on their wings. Wait about a week. If the feathers are barred then they are barred rocks. If not then black sex-links.

They have head spots so they will be barred. No need to wait and see about that.

 

[snood dude]

They have head spots so they will be barred. No need to wait and see about that.

I have never owned barred rock chicks but i know their feathers are barred when they feather out.

 

[The Moonshiner]

I have never owned barred rock chicks but i know their feathers are barred when they feather out.

What I'm saying is that those chicks will feather in barred regardless of what they are because they have head spots. Head spots on chicks indicate the barring gene.

 

[snood dude]

What I'm saying is that those chicks will feather in barred regardless of what they are because they have head spots. Head spots on chicks indicate the barring gene.

Thank you for the info.

 

[snood dude]

What I'm saying is that those chicks will feather in barred regardless of what they are because they have head spots. Head spots on chicks indicate the barring gene.

I understand what your saying now.

 

[ChirpChirp963]

Is there any way to determine the sex of Barred Rock chicks based on the coloring? To be honest, I can't recall if the label on the brooder said: "Barred Rock" or "Barred Rock Pullets" because I'm only interested in sex-linked chicks, after my first purchase that turned out to be 10 roosters, so now I have no idea of these will be pullets.