How to sex Phoenix and barred rocks?

[cochin_kookoo]

I am going to start breeding bantam phoenix and barred rocks and wanted to know if there was any information on sexing them w/o vent sexing? If there is not what would be the earliest I could distinguish between the pullets and cockerels?

 

[hdowden]

dont really know but you might be able to tell gender by 6 weeks 12 weeks to be more sure

 

[Baymule]

The pullets wear pink bonnets and the cockerels wear blue pants.

 

[tinychickies]

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[jeslewmazer]

Barred Rock- pullets should have a smaller white dot on top of the head, that does not bleed out. Darker legs, like a dark wash on the front or over the entire leg.
cockerels should have a splotchy, broken up, or defused large white spot on top of the head. Legs should be yellow with no dark spots (or very little).
Like vent sexing, it is not 100% guarantee because mistakes can be made. In other words some chicks can be a bit tricky.

I don't know about Phoenix. I do have Silver Duckwing OEGB and they have a color difference. There are some that are tricky too, but in case they look similar as chicks here is a picture. The pullet is in the back with a clearly darker more defined head stripe. The cockerel is in the front with a lighter more defused head stripe.

 

[FarmGirl01]

There is a thread on here somewhere about sexing barred chicks by the head spot. I have found it to be very reliable.

Same here with the OEG crele's.

 

[Snow Lady]

Trying hard to ID the chicks I bought.
Are they Phoenix Duck wings ? Please help if you can.Or give me your opinion.
The first 3 pics are mine . The hen is not the mother but adopted them.
The 4th pic is a hatchery picture of Sliver DWs chicks for sale.The 5th is Martha Stewards pic of silver duck wing Phoenix.
At this point I do not believe the seller who said they were Rhode Island Reds.