Roo or Pullet?!

[MKKimmen]

We recently bought some more new baby chicks from TSC. We were told they were sexed and were Pullets. The two Barred Rocks we have look different. One is darker and one is lighter. The Darker one (Oreo) has longer tail feathers, and the lighter one (Roxy) has shorter tail feathers. Im wondering if the lighter one is a Roo?? I read that the lighter Barred Rocks are 'usually' Roo's and the darker Barred Rocks are 'usually' Pullets. I know this isn't always true but I was wondering if you can tell by the pic's. They are just about 4 weeks old now.

Thanks!

 

[MMPoultryFarms]

You got a roo and a pullet >.> this is just my opinion the darker of the 2 is the roo and the lighter is the pullet

 

[annie3001]

the first one looks like a hen.. the second photo not so sure.

 

[MKKimmen]

I'm hoping their both Hens..

 

[cterbizan]

I am going to have to disagree with the others. The first one looks roo I mean if it is full blood BR and it being a pullet the comb would not be that big or color the second one looks like my BR pullet

 

[MKKimmen]

We were also told b/c both BR Chicks had white on top of their heads they were pullets. ???

 

[klf73]

barred rock chicks ALL have white spots, it is the shape of the spot that matters(pullet more defined spot, cockeral smudged). Pullets/hens are darker, cockerals/roos are lighter. first one is a cockeral, second a pullet

 

[aka Rachel]

Well...I'll let ya look at my wee ones from last year, they're about 6 weeks old or so here.

In the first pic the one just to the right of the hen is a little roo

In this one, he's on the right again, you can see the combs really well for comparason. Altho my BR hens do have large combs, it was obvious at that age one was a roo.

 

[lurky]

1st is a rooster, 2nd is a girl

 

[happyhens44]

first one : roo
second one : hen