Pullet or cockerel?

[wilkinsfarm2020]

I have 3 of these barred rocks.
Are these pullets or cockerels. Either 3 or 4 months old. I cant remember

 

[DobieLover]

Pullets.
The black barring is too wide to be cockerels.
This is what a 3-4 month old PBR cockerel would look like. Much more white and not as much black.

 

[wilkinsfarm2020]

See that is what stumps me too!
They are way too dark to be cockerels.
Barred are always more grey/white?

 

[ChickenCurt]

Look at their legs, a rooster develops a claw/toe slightly above the rest in the back of their leg to gain traction when breeding. At four months this may not be developing yet. Some say you can tell by the size of their combs or waddles, but that's a fallacy.

 

[NatJ]

Either they are not cockerels, or they are not actually pure Barred Rocks. Black Sexlink males could have the wide black bars like that, though--just like Barred Rock pullets do. (I can't decide whether I think the birds in the picture are pullets or cockerels.)

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Pullets.
The black barring is too wide to be cockerels.
This is what a 3-4 month old PBR cockerel would look like. Much more white and not as much black.
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Only if both parents were barred. Single copy barring, ie in black sex link males, is pretty indistinguishable from that of female purebred barred.
There is leakage available in a few photos...pointing to not pure barred

 

[chrissynemetz]

I can't decide.... can you post more pictures again in a few weeks?

 

[chrissynemetz]

Both male and female chickens can grow spurs, so that isn't a reliable way to guess gender.

 

[wilkinsfarm2020]

Here's one that didnt attach

 

[wilkinsfarm2020]

I've been told cockerels since they were babies but I'm beginning to think they are actually all pullets.