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She does seem to stick out, I would say she is a girl because I would listen to everyone else before me because most people have more experience. Just keep an eye on her. Looks like a roo to me buttttt like I said I am extremely inexperienced so listen to everyone else before me.Here are all of them together if you guys want to guess
Then your barred rock wasn’t pure. Barred rocks have sex-linked coloring. The darker colored barring is the female coloring and the lighter, mostly white barring is the male coloring. This can get messy when you cross breed. I have a Turken cross that has the female barring but is a cockerel. Most likely, your bird was sired by a non barred male and hatched by a barred female. This causes a male chick to come out with a female barring and a female chick to be non barred. It’s complicated. But a pure BR will always go by the rule of mostly black females and mostly white males.I'm saying rooster, I know this is different to everyone else but I'm saying roo because I had a BR that looked like that who ended up being a he but everyone thought was a she. Just keep an eye on her because I am not very experieced so I am likely wrong. Here's the thread I posted back when I was trying to figure out his gender https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...e-gender-of-these-guys.1412571/#post-23409921 (there's a rooster I was talking about before I got to the BR)
Really! I didn't know that! Thats really interesting. He always looked mostly white to me, maybe the pics made him look more black but I also wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't pure, the lady didn't watch her chickens and didn't know what she had, she was just trying to give away a bunch of chickens because of over crowding. Here is him now if anyone is curiousThen your barred rock wasn’t pure. Barred rocks have sex-linked coloring. The darker colored barring is the female coloring and the lighter, mostly white barring is the male coloring. This can get messy when you cross breed. I have a Turken cross that has the female barring but is a cockerel. Most likely, your bird was sired by a non barred male and hatched by a barred female. This causes a male chick to come out with a female barring and a female chick to be non barred. It’s complicated. But a pure BR will always go by the rule of mostly black females and mostly white males.
Yeah that’s a female coloring. He’s a probably a mixed boi. Very pretty.Really! I didn't know that! Thats really interesting. He always looked mostly white to me, maybe the pics made him look more black but I also wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't pure, the lady didn't watch her chickens and didn't know what she had, she was just trying to give away a bunch of chickens because of over crowding. Here is him now if anyone is curious View attachment 2384707
Oh wow! Thats really interesting! Thanks I never knew that!Yeah that’s a female coloring. He’s a probably a mixed boi. Very pretty.
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This is actually a Dominique but the same rules apply. BR males dont usually have this fine of black barring (at least mine didn’t) but this is closer to what a BR cockerel would look like on the barring for visual comparison for the OP.