Could use a bit of help sexing these birds...

[Trina Bambina]

I know the one on the right is a roo...curious about the one on the left...thinking it is a pullet. They are 16 weeks old.




This one is a roo for sure...it is the bird on the right, above





Pullet?


a couple of more pics of bird on left (above)



Also, I can't find a pic, but if I have a BR who shipped in with 11 other roos, but this bird does not have the erect tail, or darker red comb/wattle that the others have, it is more of a raspberry color... is it possible it is a pullet? It is also much calmer...I don't recall seeing it doing the raised hackle "dancing" that all the others are doing... I did not notice a difference in color in the barring (read somewhere that pullets will be darker than roos).

Thanks for your help!

 

[Veer67]

I don't see any features that would indicate a rooster on your buckeyes.

 

[Mykee]

Has "he" crowed? If not, I also don't see anything about the buckeye that indicates he's a cockerel. They all look like pullets to me.

 

[Muffinburgler]

Your rooster looks like a pullet to me. There's nothing on "him" that says boy. Everyone in the pictures looks like a pretty lady.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Pullet.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

I don't see saddle feathers on either bird.

 

[cheeperchick]

Those look pretty girly to me

 

[Trina Bambina]

Oh, I could KISS you all!!

I have had such bad luck with buying chicks that are supposed to be hens and getting roosters instead!!

Yippee!!!!

And it just proves that I know NOTHING!!

Thanks!


P.S. There haave been neither crowing nor eggs...is it true that RIR start laying around 20-22 weeks?

 

[donrae]

20-22 weeks is an average, but I'm not seeing it for your birds. Neither one have a developed comb or wattle, the hallmark of sexual maturity/fertility that indicates eggs are incoming. Your girls should start growing those fairly soon, usually the big comb comes a few weeks before eggs. Don't freak out when they grow combs, those are both female.

A pic of your barred rock would help. The barred rocks in the first pic look to be hens.