Help sex our 5 week old barred rock !

[Harvey57]

Hey y’all ! We just got 9 chickens about 5 weeks ago. We have one barred rock and are just concerned whether it is a pullet or a cockerel . Please any insight would help . Thanks a lot !

 

[Mylied]

Cockerel

 

[Angileen]

Yep, looks like a boy.

 

[sourland]

I lean cockerel.

 

[BudgieKing15]

I think cockerel

 

[Harvey57]

Has anyone ever had a chick they thought was for sure a roo turn out to be a hen ?

 

[Mylied]

Has anyone ever had a chick they thought was for sure a roo turn out to be a hen ?

Barred rocks are one of the easier birds to sex. Males are double barred so whiter than single barred females. Add on to that his comb development and I personally have no doubts about his sex.

But I did have some amberlinks everyone swore were roos. They ended up being all females.

 

[chicks13]

Cockerel.