My 4 week'ers and one big 8 week'er **PIC HEAVY**

[k2chickens]

a lil more help??

 

[FisherMOM]

1, 3, and 6 are roosters.
I ALWAYS, unwillingly, get attached to my baby roosters!
And it always happens before I know that they are roosters!

We had 5 eggs hatch, and I think that 4 are roosters! They are almost 5 weeks old now. 2 I can tell are definitely roos... the other 3, I am not sure about still yet.

 

[k2chickens]

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thanks!!!

what about #4 tho??? The Barred Rock....is it a roo or pullet?? The comb seems to say roo...but their are hardly any signs of wattels??????????.

 

[rhodeislandred18]

i had some chicks like those once, the barred rocks look like pullets 2 me

 

[vortec]

The barred rocks look a little dark to be roos. My roos lightened up soon after feathering. They never grew that dark. If I had to guess, they are pullets, that might have a little more comb then average. The coloring is just not right to be a roo in those pics

vortec

 

[k2chickens]

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oh im soooo happy!!! picked them both straight run...yes sir i did!! lol I forgot that the pullets are darker than the roo's in Barred Rock's. Gosh i hope your right tho!

 

[k2chickens]

any last judge's??

 

[JenEric Farms]

1, 3 and 6 look like little boys to me! The barred rocks look like my girls did.

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

Besides being darker, your BRs also have the dark wash down the front of their legs - another trait that most hatchery BR pullets have.

My BR pullets at 7-8 weeks of age:

 

[KellyHM]

I think they're all boys except #2 & #7...sorry. The 1st one looks like an EE boy...he's going to be a looker!