Female with large comb??

[rudimyers]

Thank you all for the help. I didn't know about POL. I do know we have at least one pullet laying (she wanted to lay when I was cleaning the coop, so I had to move out of the way and wait!) who does not have the huge comb like this one. I'm not sure how many pullets are laying. So far, the eggs (two to three in the morning and about that many a bit later in the day) are all in the official egg box so I will need to purchase another one. By the way, do they make large size egg boxes for hefty girls?

 

[dani0304]

It looks like a roo in the face as so red, but body gesture shows pullet....... cant really tell sorry roo to me tho

 

[maralpz2006]

she is 100% girl

 

[Whittni]

I also think its a girl.

 

[rudimyers]

Guess who did a crow this morning (well, it was a pitiful strangled half of a crow but still)?? Is it a very late developing male (as far as feathers/spurs are concerned)???

 

[leadwolf1]

It takes a long time for them to develop spurs...as for the feathers, they normally come in around 13 weeks old.

 

[aoxa]

Guess who did a crow this morning (well, it was a pitiful strangled half of a crow but still)??  Is it a very late developing male (as far as feathers/spurs are concerned)???

Must be.. If it is a male, it is not pure barred rock.

 

[rudimyers]

Ok, well, I guess it is what it is. I'm not sure what feathers people are looking for (in the full body shot), but all of the birds are just at five months of age. They were supposed to be all Barred Rocks, but I guess this one could have the feather coloration but be part something else. Anyway, he is so far skittish but not aggressive yet .....

 

[aoxa]

Ok, well, I guess it is what it is.  I'm not sure what feathers people are looking for (in the full body shot), but all of the birds are just at five months of age.  They were supposed to be all Barred Rocks, but I guess this one could have the feather coloration but be part something else.  Anyway, he is so far skittish but not aggressive yet .....

The reason I say that, is because boys that are that dark normally only have one copy of the barring gene. It's most likely a black sex link. It all depends on where you got them

All of my barred rock boys are really sweet. No aggressiveness at all.

 

[hdowden]

at 5 months they should at least be showing the cockerel saddle and hackles that we all were looking for