New group of chicks to help with sexing...7 weeks old

[Chickensandchicks]

next red Bank black stripe

 

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Last one silver band

 

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Silkie just for fun....i am experimenting with wing sexing these my guess is girl from last 4 hatches I have been 80 percent right

 

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yellow band

Its part barred rock (mom) with welsummer roo for dad

 

[JedJackson]

Its part barred rock (mom) with welsummer roo for dad

In that case it is definitely a cockerel because that mix makes for sex linked chicks, and only the males will be barred.

 

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Pullet.
What happened to her leg?

Not sure looks like she cut her leg on something it was bleeding when I went out to band them ...so cleaned her up and wrapped it

 

[Chickensandchicks]

In that case it is definitely a cockerel because that mix makes for sex linked chicks, and only the males will be barred.

I thought both my barred rocks were boys ....i did Google info on that and both born with white spot on top of head

 

[JedJackson]

Blue band- pullet
Barred rock- cockerel
Red band, black stripe- cockerel
Silver band- pullet

 

[JedJackson]

I thought both my barred rocks were boys ....i did Google info on that and both born with white spot on top of head

The head spot thing works, sometimes, but only on purebred barred rocks, not mixes. But when you cross a red male, like a Welsummer or Rhode Island red onto a barred rock female, you get sex linked chicks. The male chicks will have barred feather and the females will be dark with some red feathers at the hackles. RIR males over barred rock females is the cross used to make black sex link chicks. It works just the same when the male is a Welsummer.

 

[Chickensandchicks]

The head spot thing works, sometimes, but only on purebred barred rocks, not mixes. But when you cross a red male, like a Welsummer or Rhode Island red onto a barred rock female, you get sex linked chicks. The male chicks will have barred feather and the females will be dark with some red feathers at the hackles. RIR males over barred rock females is the cross used to make black sex link chicks. It works just the same when the male is a Welsummer.

Ok now I need to look at my dark chicks....see any that might be barred rock females? I lost track of who hatched one night as 8 chicks hatched lol as I was sleeping