Is this a black sex link roo?!

[1Crzychknlady]

Well wasn't that smart of the feed store.

Could be a BR pullet that got misplaced. Post updated pics at 6 weeks.

I sure will!

 

[JedJackson]

Feed stores should not carry sex link males at all. A mistake could have been made by the hatchery, but I think it's probably a barred rock pullet that somehow got into the sex link area.

 

[1Crzychknlady]

Feed stores should not carry sex link males at all. A mistake could have been made by the hatchery, but I think it's probably a barred rock pullet that somehow got into the sex link area.

That’s what I’m thinking (and hoping)! I’ll post an update pic in a few weeks and hopefully know if we ended up with a bsl roo or barred rock pullet!

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Agree I’d give it a few more weeks.

 

[MaggieMoo21]

Hi! We bought 5 sex link chicks from a local feed store. 2 are gold sexlink, 1 is a red sex link, and 2 are black sex links. We were told they were all female, but one of the black sexlinks had a white spot on their head. I didn’t realize a white spot on a black sex link meant male, and it wasn’t until his feathers started coming in that I noticed s/he looked a lot different than my other black sex link who is mostly black with a little red. Our feed store did have the black sex link chicks next to the barred rocks so just curious if we have a black sex link roo on our hands or is this a female barred rock? Here’s a pic of him/her at 3.5 weeks old either way we will be happy! We just want to know if we should be prepared for a rooster in our flock!

Here's our BR female at about that age.

 

[raingarden]

You keep chickens on the bathroom counter?

 

[MaggieMoo21]

You keep chickens on the bathroom counter?

Haha no, that was just for her photo op

 

[springvalley123]

I was in your shoes about a year ago. I had bought some midnight majesty marans--a hybrid of a barred rock hen, black copper marans rooster. One of the barred birds soon towered over the others. When it was time to take care of "both" of the cockerels, I just hesitated on the smaller "cockerel". Other than the tell-tale barring, it was the same size and same comb as the (other) pullets, and not causing trouble. I kept calling her the "barred pullet" because she looked like a pullet but all the barred birds of this hybrid are male! That "cockerel" never stopped laying when she molted just recently...

 

[Yardmom]

Looking at the whole bird I would guess black sex link male, but a barred rock pullet is a possibility. They would be similar at this age.
We picked up feed at the local tsc. Last night. They had straight run black sex links with both sexes in the bin.

 

[1Crzychknlady]

Adding an update to this thread that our Black Sexlink is more than likely a cockerel! His wattles came in and his comb is bigger than our other (female) sexlinks and it’s really red at this point.