Boy or Girl?

chickpeasoup

Chirping
Mar 27, 2019
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I have a production red that is giving me a hard time with sexing. I have a barred rock cockerel and they seem pretty similar in development which has got me wondering if I have 2 boys. The first 4 pictures are at a little over 6 weeks, then a picture of the comb at 5 weeks.
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This is the comb at 5 weeks below
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I think it could be a girl....
Here is my BR for comparison 20190401_111034.jpg 20190401_110230.jpg
 

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The Production Red looks like a pullet. The coloration being lighter on the Barred Rock leads me to believe it is a male, although the dark wash on the legs as well as the lack of comb and wattle development points to a pullet. So I'm undecided on that one.
I was pretty sure my BR was a boy, though I based that entirely on the color pattern. I've never had a BR before so I have nothing to compare, but you are right he doesn't have the redness and is small for a BR cockerel, maybe he's a runt or slow grower?
 

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