California - Northern

[debs_flock]

Actually on barred rocks, it's the male that is lighter in color. It's the genetics of the barring which is sex-linked. Pullets appear darker overall. Do you have pictures? We could help you with the sexing. How old are they?

Deb

 

[ronott1]

Actually on barred rocks, it's the male that is lighter in color. It's the genetics of the barring which is sex-linked. Pullets appear darker overall. Do you have pictures? We could help you with the sexing. How old are they?

Deb

X2

It's always fun to play the guess the boy or girl game.

Ron

 

[zooweemama]

So for in my newbie chicken flock:

Batch 1: I bought 6 total chicks. Almost 4 weeks old. I ended up with 2 BCM cockerels, 1 Buff Orp cockerel and 3 Buff Orp ladies. (that is what it appears to be anyway)

Batch 2: I got 12 chicks total. 6 BCM and 6 Buff Orps. If I use the same criteria for my Orps as I did for batch 1 then it appears as though I have 4 hens and 2 cockerels. That's not bad if that's correct! Total BOs in my flock so far are 10 and 7 hens and 3 cockerels is impressive I think!

But Batch 2 I am not sure. I have 4 Marans with no tails and 2 with tails (not quite 2 weeks old). If this were my Orps that would mean 4 roos and 2 hens.

Ok I just looked back at pics. The Batch 1 BCM at 1 week old had nubby tail stumps and by 2 weeks old had tails. Yet they are very cockerel looking now. So the the cockerels in batch 1 with the Orps and BCM feathered opposite of one another....BO no tails = roo (still at 4 weeks old no tail! lol) and the BCM roos - DO have tails at 2 weeks and more so now at almost 4 weeks.... so mayyyybe I might have gotten lucky this batch and have 4 BCM hens and 2 Roos? That would be awesome because at the end of all this if it swings the other way- 6 roos and 2 hens is a huge bummer! LOL

What's funny is early on the BCM looked so hennish. And then right after week 2 or so really started standing up more and getting that red comb. If nothing else it's fun playing the guessing game!

Ahhh follow me so far? I got some cruddy cell phone pics. Be right back!

 

[zooweemama]

see next post...

 

[WasabiChicki]

Actually on barred rocks, it's the male that is lighter in color. It's the genetics of the barring which is sex-linked. Pullets appear darker overall. Do you have pictures? We could help you with the sexing. How old are they?

Deb

OK Here they are: One month old last week... The lighter colored ones have the larger, redder combs & are a lot more "cocky"... tell me what you think!

 

[zooweemama]

Now the Orps

This last guy was soooo terrified. Poor sweet thing. Normally he stands.


If it doesn't make sense - I blame autocorrect. Sent from my sweet iPhone 4s.

 

[zooweemama]

Wasabi- Oh my second to the last looks cocky, the last one looks girly to me. But I am newbie to this.

 

[ronott1]

Quote: My Guess:

The lighter ones are little roos. The darker one is a pullet.

Congratulations They are Beautiful!

Ron

 

[zooweemama]

My Guess:

The lighter ones are little roos. The darker one is a pullet.

Congratulations They are Beautiful!

Ron

I love this color and pattern! They are gonna be gorgy!

 

[DeesHens]

Hi. I raised BR's from chicks a couple years ago. Mine are adults now.
YES! The light colored one is a roo. The dark one (last pic) is a pullet.
Hope that helps ya.
~Dee~