BR experts what do you think LOL ** PICS ADDED **

[tx_dane_mom]

if I had to guess 2 boys. at best a pair, but the 1 is definately a boy.

 

[beefy]

one is about as silver as they come and the other ones legs couldnt get any yellower.

 

[Crazy4Chicks]

tx_dane - so you think baby number one is a roo for sure LOL that baby does look alot more silvery than the other -
so does anyone think baby number 2 is a pullet

these are the most sweetest little babies always first to come to my hand and take a ride - I really am liking thier little attitudes



good going on the babies sis - what are you going to do with all of them LOL


Julie

 

[Dustin Biery]

I dont want to throw everyone off or ruffle feathers, but when I raise BR in high school, neither the males or the females had black wash down the front of their shanks at time of hatch. I dont know if this is something that has come from hatchery birds or what, but I dont think that is always the best way to tell them apart. I am going to venture a guess that they are a pair. Give them time to feather out more and repost and I am sure that everyone here can help better then... (And I may be eating crow..)

 

[speckledhen]

Dustin, this is from an old BR sexing document:

SEX IDENTIFICATION IN PUREBREDS
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS

It had long been recognized that the size of the light head
spots in Barred Plymouth Rocks varied in the two sexes. The
males tend to have larger headspots and the females to have
darker colored legs. However, this method has not been sufficiently
accurate to be of much commercial value.
Quinn and Knox (1939) attempted to separate the sexes of
Barred Plymouth Rocks by means of the intensity of the black
pigment in the down and legs. In different lots of chicks they
report 83.5, 86.1 and 91.8 percent accuracy.
Jerome (1939) describes a method of sex identification in
Barred Plymouth Rocks based upon the regularity of the outline
of the head spot rather than the size of the spot. Those chicks
having headspots irregular in outline and scattered in appearance
are males while the females tend to have headspots with
more regular outlines. The author claimed an accuracy of 90
percent or better when considering only the headspot and 95
percent if the color of the legs was included in the consideration.
The Canadian Department of Agriculture (Anonymous 1941)
issues an excellently illustrated bulletin describing the method.
It is stated in the bulletin that the method “is widely practiced
in Barred Rock chicks by commercial chick sexers.” Sex identification
is based upon outline of head spot, color of legs and
shade of down color. There are several types of male and female
head spots some of which are shown in Figure 1.​

 

[Crazy4Chicks]

well as long as you are eating crow and not chicken

well these both came from privett - so they are not "homemade" LOL they both had very little black washing down thier legs when they came home - the more silvery guy never had a nice round head spot - it looked like a white thumb print and the other ones head spot was alittle more roundish looking - the more I time I spend watching them I am getting the funny feeling that they are both males - I know that silver guy is

but I will repost in about another week or so


who wants to take bets on what they are

Julie

 

[Dustin Biery]

However, this method has not been sufficiently
accurate to be of much commercial value.

This is a commercial trait. Thats basically what I was trying to get across. This is something that works well with the hatchery birds, but not all BR are born with a dark wash. JMHO​

 

[Crazy4Chicks]

wow Cynthia - going on that I am really wondering if they are both males- niether has alot of black wash on the legs and neither has a very round head spot

I know I will send them both to you and you can watch them for awhile and tell me what you think LOL

Julie

 

[Portia]

I don't know if this helps, but I had 6 BR chicks with one that was very silver in coloring compaired to the others; however the legs were black splashed. Here's the chick at ~ 2 weeks

I was mixed in my opinion of this chick, thinking it might be a boy...but the dark legs had me thinking it might be a girl. Either way the chick was very outgoing and friendly. As time has passed, the chick is still lighter, but as far as comb and waddle is almost indistinguishable from the others I believe are pullets. Here is a recent pic of 'her' at almost 8 weeks

and of 'her' sisters

Again, I don't know if this helps. These were all hatchery chicks.
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[Crazy4Chicks]

well I took a closer look at the wing feathers this morning and baby number one ( the more silver one ) has a big white bar across the wing tip and the other has more black feathers on the wing tip - neither have alot of black down the legs and neither has a nice defined head spot these are my first BR's and was hoping that they would be pretty easy to tell roo' from pullets ( boy was I wrong LOL )
I was wanting a pair but if it turns out to be to roo's I will try and keep both - they are both very sweet babies.
I wanted to have a BR named Hawkeye - but since these two are not sons from him I did not think it would be very fitting - so I will call them Bo and Luke LOL

thanks for the pics - your BR's are very nice looking chickens


Julie