Hen or roo? Barred Rocks

[Mamapermaculture]

Hi!

My chicks are 17 days old.
Can someone please tell me if the one on the single pics is a roo?

And can anyone take a guess from the other picture if there's just one hen? One is better than none.

Cheers,
Annika

 

[MysteryChicken]

Hi!

My chicks are 17 days old.
Can someone please tell me if the one on the single pics is a roo?

And can anyone take a guess from the other picture if there's just one hen? One is better than none.

Cheers,
Annika

An accurate way of sexing Barred rocks is to look at their leg color.

Cockerels with have little to no dark wash on their legs.

Females will have dark legs, or a large amount of dark wash.

 

[MysteryChicken]

You have alot of boys.

 

[Mamapermaculture]

I incubated them at 38°C, maybe that's one of the reasons.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I incubated them at 38°C, maybe that's one of the reasons.

I don't know Celcius.

Temperature has nothing to do with gender of chicks.

Hens determine the gender of the chicks.

 

[Mamapermaculture]

An accurate way of sexing Barred rocks is to look at their leg color.

Cockerels with have little to no dark wash on their legs.

Females will have dark legs, or a large amount of dark wash.

Yeah, there's just one that's definitely a hen. Her legs are very dark and overall she's a lot darker.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Yeah, there's just one that's definitely a hen. Her legs are very dark and overall she's a lot darker.

I have had bad luck with lots of cockerels lately, so you're not the only one.

Are these hatchery stock, or actual Heritage breed?

 

[Mamapermaculture]

I have had bad luck with lots of cockerels lately, so you're not the only one.

Are these hatchery stock, or actual Heritage breed?

I got them of TradeMe. They were advertised as heritage.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I got them of TradeMe. They were advertised as heritage.

I never heard of the place.
The chicks do look like the Heritage type.

 

[Mamapermaculture]

Sorry! I keep on forgetting that this is an American page. I'm in New Zealand, haha. So TradeMe is our home equivalent of ebay.

It's the middle of winter here. You've got summer, right? I heard you will get a lot more roos in winter than hens...so probably that's true?