Roo or pullet?

[Jay262]

Most people seem to think the black guy is a roo at this point time will tell i guess but how about the white chicks any thoughts?

 

[Jay262]

Bump and update now offically 4 weeks old and pic.

 

[Lothiriel]

The gray barred/cuckoo is a pullet. Not sure on the white ones... Since they are part Leghorn they could very well be pullets, because Leghorns have the big floppy combs. But the gray one is a pullet.

 

[MamaMarcy]

I'm not good with gender, but your "oddbaall' looks so much like my barred rock crosses! I'l getting ready to post pics of them....maybe in 30 min or so...wondering gender on them as well. (they are barred rock x with white frizzle bantam cochin)

 

[Jay262]

With another shameless bump

I have been doing some research of my own and even though its not truely this due to the black one it looks alot like a cuckoo leghorn one of the white ones although you cant see it in this pic has black spots all over it and looks like exchecuer leghorn. How the genetics work on all this is a loss to me id leave that to someone else to comment on.

 

[SoFluffy]

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Exactly what I thought...possibly a male because of the chest but it is a bit early to tell...

 

[nurse_turtle]

I think you're barred is a boy.

 

[Jay262]

The puffing in the chest is more due to the fact in that first pic him/her was startled by the flash on the camera its about the only one it looks like that. Time well tell either way but sure is fun trying to guess along the way.

 

[jengro65]

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My chicks are 9 weeks old today. Mom is a White leghorn and Dad is a barred mix. I went CRAZY trying to figure out how many Roo's I had early on but when I look back now the (2) I thought were Roo's turned out to be so. I could see the Roo in them at 3 weeks. Both had definite larger combs and the color of them was dark pink to reddish where as my (5) suspected pullets all had small yellowish combs. Take a look at my pics and some of my obsessive posts from a few weeks ago and you'll see what I mean.......by the way....I'm no expert but yours all look like girls from what I can tell of your pictures.

 

[farmerChef]

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The rooster has nothing to do with the sex of the chick, its all hen, she either lays a female egg or male egg