Is the Barred Rock a hen or roo?

[annageckos]

Pretty sure the barred bird is a pullet. But the other cockerel isn't a SLW. Wrong color, wrong body shape, wrong comb. He could be a Egyptian Fayoumi, but I think there may be another breed that looks similar.

 

[bigz1983]

Pretty sure the barred bird is a pullet. But the other cockerel isn't a SLW. Wrong color, wrong body shape, wrong comb. He could be a Egyptian Fayoumi, but I think there may be another breed that looks similar.

She is definitely a hen.
Barred Plymouth rocks are auto sexing.
She has black lines on the front of her legs.
The barred rock hens carry 2 barring genes.
She is darker and has thicker barring than a barred rock rooster.
Barred rock roosters only have one copy of the barring gene.

 

[bigz1983]

The other bird looks like a silver campine

 

[annageckos]

She is definitely a hen.
Barred Plymouth rocks are auto sexing.
She has black lines on the front of her legs.
The barred rock hens carry 2 barring genes.
She is darker and has thicker barring than a barred rock rooster.
Barred rock roosters only have one copy of the barring gene.

I'm aware of that.

 

[PachecoPeeps]

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The barred rock is a pullet. You can tell because she is so dark. Barred rock females only have one barring gene where as males have two. That is why males are so much whiter.

Also her comb and waddles would be much more red by now if she were male.

 

[Trux]

Well Wyandottes usually have a Rose comb that guys has a single comb. He looks more like a Deathlayer to me, but may be wrong. Google deathlayer and compare yours to the pics you find

 

[Zwillingsmama]

I agree with bigz1983 - 100% BR pullet - the roos are much lighter due to the barring

 

[Gibbie]

The other bird looks like a silver campine

 

[Gibbie]

Bigz1983 - You are so right on the money! I looked up the pictures and compared them to my sweet roo and it is a bantam silver campine rooster. Almost identical to the other pictures of the campine roosters. Wow! It looks like I was told incorrectly but am so happy to find out what he really is. Thank you!

 

[PollyGirl21]

Deathlayers have a different kind of comb. It is probably a silver Campine or an Egyptian fayoumi.