My 2 little Barred Rock chick's, I think i have one of each????? PICS

[k2chickens]

I've been told to look for...

smaller more symmetrical dot on head = pullet
darker color = pullet
darker leg's = pullet
comb size..."obviously" lol

^^^^Especially for picking out pullet barred rock's

Judging by what i have, i believe the black'er bellied chick with the slightly larger comb "i know, i know" is my girl. Where as the other one i bought is her brother :lol

When i was looking closer, i could deffinatly see small tail feather's coming from our yellow bellied chick where as our darker bellied chick had next to none. So here is the break down....

chick 1....

Black belly
Larger comb
Darker feet


Chick 2....

Yellow belly
Smaller comb
Slightly lighter feet
A bit larger than chick 1

They both came from the straight run bin at my local RK. But the boy having a smaller comb is really throwing me off. So, what do you think guy's??? Im leaning pullet on chick 1 and Roo on chick 2.

 

[k2chickens]

?

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

I don't know about the "dot" method, but the one on the left in the bottom photo is a female.

 

[speckledhen]

You could have one of each there. Belly color has nothing to do with sexing BRs. Headspot plus leg black plus down color are the traits you look at.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

Take a look at these. These are 2 Barred rocks that I hatched from SpeckledHen. They did in fact turn out to be a hen and a roo.

Barred Rocks - I think I have one boy (left) and one girl (right)

Barred Rock #1 Legs on Left above

Barred Rock #2 Legs on Right above

Are you sure yours are Barred Rocks? Is it possible that they are Black Sex-Links? I think when they are chicks they look very much alike.

 

[speckledhen]

Ed is right. At that age, black sexlink cockerels have a headspot and the pullets have none. They are very similar to BRs then.

 

[Domestic_goddess]

Because of the color of the legs......I don't think they are barred rocks. I wanna say Cuckoo Maran or Dominiques.....I might be wrong that's just a guessGood luck!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

is there a reason why no one has help'd me out yet?? i feal like no one likes me??

Most folks have various things to do, and there are lots of threads in lots of sections. And that's just this website. A wait of a couple of hours in the middle of the day is not that uncommon. If no one answers in two days, then maybe...​

 

[Chicks_N_Horses]

The only way I know is when one crows or lays an egg

LOL

Did anyone notice that in the first picture the one on the LEFT, I meant left, looks like it has a heart shaped dot? So cute.

 

[Portia]

How in the world did you get them to just lay there on their backs like that.

What I've heard is that the hens have/develop a dark splash going down the front of their legs. Mine all had that. But the one I thought was a boy was lighter than the rest and had an irregular head spot turned out to be a hen...so what do I know. I'll see if I can pull up a picture of them when they were chicks.