Gender guesses a little over 2wk old barred rocks (i realize its a little early)

[Party_Chicken]

As far as I had read females have darker legs, my BR rooster has yellow....

All my hens that are Barred single combed have dark wash on their yellow legs...

Hmmmm.....

Gosh I am just so confused...guess I'll wait and see

The dark legs are what makes me think BSL. Plus 1 and 2 who are both cockerels have the dark legs. That’s tipping me off.

 

[fluffycrow]

This thread is an excellent resource. These are exhibition barred rocks. Take a look and see if those birds match yours
Thread 'The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread' https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/the-evolution-of-atlas-a-breeding-and-chat-thread.884330/

 

[Hedgeland Farms]

To settle this, upload photos of your bird's
I mean the parents
Cus to me they look black sex link and all males
Number 1 combs looking like it's not single

I don't have the parents

 

[Hedgeland Farms]

I'll update in a couple wks....

 

[Party_Chicken]

I don't have the parents

Could you contact the seller and ask for pictures of the parent stock.

 

[Hedgeland Farms]

Could you contact the seller and ask for pictures of the parent stock.

I can try
But honestly i don't care...mainly bc like I said...dual purpose flock ....so I have my first 3 harvests...

 

[Hedgeland Farms]

I can try
But honestly i don't care...mainly bc like I said...dual purpose flock ....so I have my first 3 harvests...

Meaning, I don't care at this point...I am incredibly disappointed....
But its whatever...

 

[Holdthechicken]

For what it’s worth, with the exception of the combs looking a bit different.. maybe wide on the first bird they look like barred rocks to me. Mine are hatchery birds but I don’t see a difference enough between mine and yours to say they aren’t BRs. I do think 1 and 2 are cockerels. Pics of my brs as week olds and now (both pullets)

 

[fluffycrow]

For what it’s worth, with the exception of the combs looking a bit different.. maybe wide on the first bird they look like barred rocks to me. Mine are hatchery birds but I don’t see a difference enough between mine and yours to say they aren’t BRs. I do think 1 and 2 are cockerels. Pics of my brs as week olds and now (both pullets)

I agree. After having lunch, I believe that they are hatchery quality BRs

 

[NatJ]

OK. BRs are supposed to have yellow legs. If the more mature birds you've got from the same source do not have yellow legs, they are not BRs. If your more mature birds do have yellow legs, then they are BRs most likely

As far as I had read females have darker legs, my BR rooster has yellow....

All my hens that are Barred single combed have dark wash on their yellow legs...

I think @fluffycrow was probably talking about yellow vs. white, not about whether they have some black on the legs as well.

Some chickens have yellow-based foot color, and some have white-based foot color. Cuckoo Marans are an example of white-based foot color on a chicken that otherwise looks like a Barred Rock (black feathers, white barring, single comb, dual-purpose body type.)

Bird 1...
I am torn on. I think feather patterns say female...but....I am not sure View attachment 3535926View attachment 3535930View attachment 3535933

Bird 2...
I believe to be a cockerel View attachment 3535935View attachment 3535936View attachment 3535937View attachment 3535939

Bird 3...
I believe to be a pullet...
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My guesses would be:
#1, male because of the amount of white in the feathers, but the comb does not look right for a Barred Rock. I think it looks more like a pea comb (common in Easter Eggers and Olive Eggers.) So I would wonder if the person who produced the eggs might also have Olive Eggers, and you maybe got an accidental mix.

#2, male because of the amount of white in the feathers, looks like it could be a Barred Rock.

#3 has much less white in the feathers, so either female Barred Rock, or could be a mixed-breed of either gender (the darker coloring can show up in males if they have just one barred parent instead of both.) This comb looks a bit wide too, so again I'm wondering if it was mixed with an Olive Egger.

Combs in young chicks can be confusing, so it's hard to tell if they will grow up to be perfectly normal Barred Rocks with single combs and they are just looking odd in the pictures now. Or whether they will grow up to have combs that are obviously not single, in which case they could not be Barred Rocks.