Breed and Gender Please (Priscilla) - Possibly RIR, Red Sex Link, or Plymouth Barred Rock Hen with a RIR or Blue Barred Rock Rooster

[Shipgirl]

@NatJ thinking I might have a cuckoo marans as well- what do you think? His legs are much lighter and pinkish on the bottom. Front right in the first pic. I really can’t tell with the barring.

 

[NatJ]

@NatJ thinking I might have a cuckoo marans as well- what do you think? His legs are much lighter and pinkish on the bottom. Front right in the first pic. I really can’t tell with the barring.

You might be right. Yes, Barred Rocks would have yellow feet and yours has white. The one with white feet might be a Cuckoo Maran, or might be from a cross of Cuckoo Marans with something else (I've seen hatcheries offering sex-linked chicks from crossing two varieties of Marans, or Olive Eggers from crossing Marans with a colored-egg layer.)

In the first photo, going by comb & wattle development, I see two males (the middle one and the right one). The one in the middle/back is overall lighter in color. It might just be individual variation, or it might mean that the lighter one has two copies of the barring gene (a male-only trait) with the darker one having one copy of the barring gene (found in females, and in males that are from a cross of barred with not-barred.)

 

[Shipgirl]

You might be right. Yes, Barred Rocks would have yellow feet and yours has white. The one with white feet might be a Cuckoo Maran, or might be from a cross of Cuckoo Marans with something else (I've seen hatcheries offering sex-linked chicks from crossing two varieties of Marans, or Olive Eggers from crossing Marans with a colored-egg layer.)

In the first photo, going by comb & wattle development, I see two males (the middle one and the right one). The one in the middle/back is overall lighter in color. It might just be individual variation, or it might mean that the lighter one has two copies of the barring gene (a male-only trait) with the darker one having one copy of the barring gene (found in females, and in males that are from a cross of barred with not-barred.)

The one eating on far left- I believe is male but that is one I’m questioning at the moment for gender. Looks male except is the one that hasn’t reddened up yet. Giving it a week to see any changes. They are all much lighter than my other BR- which was sexed as a pullet.

 

[NatJ]

The one eating on far left- I believe is male but that is one I’m questioning at the moment for gender. Looks male except is the one that hasn’t reddened up yet. Giving it a week to see any changes. They are all much lighter than my other BR- which was sexed as a pullet.

I didn't have an opinion on that one, since the head was out of sight
Yes, being much lighter than a known female is a very good sign of being male in barred breeds.

 

[Shipgirl]

I didn't have an opinion on that one, since the head was out of sight
Yes, being much lighter than a know known female is a very good sign of being male in barred breeds.

This one has one of the ladies in it. Can see how much darker she is compared to the others.

 

[valesmichelle]

I find myself wanting to experiment and see what happens

Me too.

 

[valesmichelle]

This one has one of the ladies in it. Can see how much darker she is compared to the others.

Awe, she is pretty!