Hmm..what do I have? BRs and Buffs.

[BeckysBiddies]

I have 2 BRs that are just over 6 weeks, Pop Tart is very different looking than Cookie. From everything I have read about BR roo characteristics, I'm almost positive she is a he. I also have 2 Buffs I'm unsure off. Take a look please!

And here are the Buffs 7 weeks old. These two keep me guessing, initially I thought the one with the neck fuzz was male but now I'm thinking the other is. Some days I think they are both pullets!

 

[sylviethecochin]

The BR is a male. The buffs look like pullets to me

 

[Sneebsey]

Pop tart is male; he's double barred, which pullets can't be, and with a big red comb like that, definite boy.

Both buff orps look like pullets right now.

 

[Sneebsey]

Pop tart is male; he's double barred, which pullets can't be, and with a big red comb like that, definite boy.

Both buff orps look like pullets right now.

 

[BeckysBiddies]

Of course I would order a female from a hatchery and get a male! My daughter and I took a chance with the Buffs at a local feed store hoping we picked 2 ladies.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

hey! i know this method of sexing barred rocks, but do you know how early this can be done? i got 3 pullets from a feed store and i am 99% sure they are, because they also look very dark colored, but one is getting pink wattles at age somewhere over 3 weeks?

Pop tart is male; he's double barred, which pullets can't be, and with a big red comb like that, definite boy.

Both buff orps look like pullets right now.

 

[BeckysBiddies]

hey! i know this method of sexing barred rocks, but do you know how early this can be done? i got 3 pullets from a feed store and i am 99% sure they are, because they also look very dark colored, but one is getting pink wattles at age somewhere over 3 weeks?

I'm a newbie to chickens. I can only say that both BRs looked similar in color till 2 weeks and clearly one was lighter grayish (pic below), in 4 days the Comb was very obvious and a hint of pink in week 3 . Also the yellow legs can be a sign from what I have read.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

I'm a newbie to chickens. I can only say that both BRs looked similar in color till 2 weeks and clearly one was lighter grayish (pic below), in 4 days the Comb was very obvious and a hint of pink in week 3 . Also the yellow legs can be a sign from what I have read.View attachment 1402642

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

Thanks!

 

[Sneebsey]

Remember that Cockerels can also be single barred; black sex link males are single barred. Pullets can only be single barred, males can be either. Double barring let's a lot more white in, as the difference between @BeckysBiddies two shows.