I think I have two roosters... Confirmation please?

[hdowden]

the barred rock has the wrong type of pattern

to me they look like cockerels right now and bo looks like a production red

 

[Nicole01]

They both are not pure bred. I believe the one is barred rock mix and the other BO mix. You'll have to wait to find out the sex. Crosses are difficult to sex early.

 

[donrae]

I think they both look like cockerals. At 11 weeks none of my pullets have that much red or wattles showing. The buff isn't buff or an orpington, maybe a new hampshire? The barred bird is possibly a black sex link, but I vote cockeral for both. Post pics again in a few weeks.

 

[jallny]

mmm, my pullets were red and wattly around that age.

 

[Nicole01]

mmm, my pullets were red and wattly around that age.

Mine were too.

Here's my SF at 5 weeks! She's definatly a pullet.

My RIR pullet at 8 weeks

 

[aoxa]

The BO looks like a hatchery New Hampshire Red - pullet The BR is a Barred Rock - just a bad quality one - and is also a pullet. The commercial strains have wonky barring. Nothing compared to a heritage barred rock!

My barred rocks are the same age in this picture. The boys have huge combs/wattles.

 

[aoxa]

Here is a commercial type BR pullet @ 8 weeks

Notice barring is not as precise as the better quality ones I own above. They are awesome layers, and very friendly, which is why I have them around.

 

[definit]

I had ordered the assorted brown egg layer package on efowl so that probably accounts for my sort of but not really Buff Orp and Barred Rock chickens :<

Thanks for all your input so far! I'm gonna keep my fingers crossed and hope they're both pullets as I heard cockerels would have started crowing by now. I'll update again in like a month or so regarding these two

 

[definit]

Well unfortunately the barred rock suspect really does seem to be a rooster.. as evidenced by these pictures over 4 weeks later

in comparison to the other br chicken



look at that tail!

here's to hoping these chickens are hens, i'm a little worried given how big their combs and wattles are, though definitely not as big or red as the boy up there

 

[spikennipper]

Both pullets 100% they were obvious to me in the first pics and now the later pics confirm it

no sign of hackles saddles in either.