Please help sexing this 18 week Plymouth Rock

[RPlourde]

Hi,

I would appreciate it if you could help sexing this non typical Plymouth Bared Rock. The feathers are light for a female, but the comb and wattles is still not that developed and pale for an 18 week male... It doesn't crow yet. It holds it's head like a girl not upright as a roo.

Any thoughts? I had a breeder tell me he has had pale females before once in a while.

Tnx!

Richard

 

[ll]

Whoever said sexing Barred Rocks was easy ...

I would guess rooster on yours ~ those neck feathers look really pointed at the head.
My barred rock babies are two weeks today, and they are a mystery too.
( https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/705960/guessing-2-barred-rock-baby-chicks-new-photos-9-16-genders )
But I really don't know about yours! Good luck!

 

[akcountrygrrl]

Does it have a single comb or a rose comb? It looks like a rose comb to me. If it is a rose comb, then you would have a Dominique. My vote is going to be roo though based on what appears to be slender, pointed saddle feathers coming in on the second photo.

 

[RPlourde]

It is a single comb. Tnx!

 

[farmerChef]

cockeral

 

[StarLover21]

Are you sure it's 18 weeks?

Either way it's a roo, but it looks alot younger to me.

 

[BlueCamas]

Definitely a cockerel.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Most definitely a cockerel.

Here is a pullet:

 

[Birdgirl99]

Looks like a roo