Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

[rboeck]

Do you know if the barred chicks are 'pure'? 

What about the black one? Any ideas?

 

[junebuggena]

What about the black one? Any ideas?

Likely female.

 

[cmccullough1390]

1 is looking like a cockerel. 2 is probably female.

Thanks

 

[rboeck]

Likely female.

Well if y'all are right I'll have 2 barred rock Roos up for grabs. I already have 1. Can't have 3

 

[junebuggena]

Well if y'all are right I'll have 2 barred rock Roos up for grabs. I already have 1. Can't have 3

You shouldn't advertise them as Barred Rocks. They are black sexlinks.

 

[rboeck]

You shouldn't advertise them as Barred Rocks. They are black sexlinks.

Ohh. I'm still learning. Suppose I was confused bc they have the same pattern as a barred rock. But they do have shiny blackish green in their feathers here and there

 

[junebuggena]

Ohh. I'm still learning. Suppose I was confused bc they have the same pattern as a barred rock. But they do have shiny blackish green in their feathers here and there

It's not just the shiny green feathers. Black sexlink males can only have a single copy of the barring gene, from their mothers. A purebred Barred Rock male always has two copies of the barring gene, one from the mother and one from the father. This gives them a 'lighter' appearance. No matter how much a black sexlink male resembles a Barred Rock, he should not ever be presented as one, simply because he doesn't have all of the right genes.

 

[mustangrooster]

Hi Guys

Do you have an clue if my dear 'Sprinkles' is a cockerel or a pullet? Shes ongoing 5 weeks and is one of my beloved barnyard mixes that I hatched myself. She used to have an orange head when she was little but now just has a 'mask' of orange around her eyes

I was told on another thread that her and her two other siblings were indeed cockerels, But I would appreciate other peoples opinions.

Here she is:





Thanks,

-Mustang

 

[junebuggena]

Hi Guys

Do you have an clue if my dear 'Sprinkles' is a cockerel or a pullet? Shes ongoing 5 weeks and is one of my beloved barnyard mixes that I hatched myself. She used to have an orange head when she was little but now just has a 'mask' of orange around her eyes

I was told on another thread that her and her two other siblings were indeed cockerels, But I would appreciate other peoples opinions.

Here she is:





Thanks,

-Mustang

At only 5 weeks old, with a comb that red, cockerel for sure.

 

[anne23]

I bought them around the end of March or beginning of April. It was one of the last weeks that our tractor supply had chickens for sale. It was not sex linked. I bought two barred rocks from them. This one is bigger than the barred rock that I purchased at the same time. It is also lighter and almost as big as my monster silkie (friend who raises chickens said silkies aren't supposed to be that size normally). It is larger than the easter egg rooster. This chicken has not crowed like the others do.


I think the barred rock hen is about 1/2 the size of this barred rock. I assumed that they were maybe different shipments and hence why one was bigger but while the other barred rock is the size of the hens, this one is more the size of monster silkie.


The comb is also more red and it has more red under the chin than the other barred rock. It has more of a wattle and comb than the other one. I just assumed it was a hen because it never crowed. I did notice today that it jumped on the back of a chicken for about two seconds before getting off so I wasn't sure if it was mating or attempting to establish hen pecking order.


If it was a rooster, wouldn't it have crowed by now? About two weeks ago the silkie and the easter egger were crowing up a storm for the hell of it while I fed the chickens.


We honestly thought it was a rooster at first but it never crowed so we just marked it down as a hen but now I'm not so sure. I don't know if we have enough hens to support 3 roosters either and my small coop is broken now.

Best picture: http://imgur.com/96WAk4Z and http://imgur.com/uApp2QN

http://imgur.com/svsDgDF

http://imgur.com/fC9dkCA

http://imgur.com/i4xJJR1

http://imgur.com/Am4eNqC

http://imgur.com/crTZdkL

http://imgur.com/4caBnH1

http://imgur.com/9ikpcWG

http://imgur.com/qLkMh6j



Other barred rock for comparison


http://imgur.com/K1yyqIx

http://imgur.com/8KbHnFe

http://imgur.com/cM1CbG9

http://imgur.com/srzBsmg

http://imgur.com/dp4ncL1