Have comb will crow?

[CovenantCreek]

This is one of my 2 day old Delaware/Barred Rock chicks. Do you suppose such a pronounced comb at such an early age may suggest it's a cockerel? The other D/BR chick has virtually no comb yet at all.

 

[LilPeeps]

That bird is too young to sex.

 

[pipermark]

Yep, but I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out to be a roo.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Going with cockerel...LOL! Adorable! Don't you just LOVE when they have all that lovely gunk on them after hatching! lol

 

[MoodyChicken]

When you cross a barred with a non-barred sex-linked chicks result. I THINK (not sure though!) barred chicks in such a cross are female and nonbarred are male. Does it have a white patch on the back of it's head? That means it's barred.

....though I could be totally wrong.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

I'm wondering where the gold color came from on it's eyes!

 

[CovenantCreek]

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Delawares carry, and pass along, the barred gene, so there's no sex linkage. In theory, the basics of BR sexing should apply -- big spot/more silvery than black = cockerel. This guy guy is definitely lighter color than the other, but the head spots are similar.
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What appears to be gold is actually just skin where the down came off with the dried membrane.

 

[CovenantCreek]

for the sake of comparison, here's the D/BR chick