Scared my pullet is a roo

[Mindifnp]

I know Barred Rocks are sex linked and supposedly easy to tell if pulled or Cockrel but I swear this one looks like a male to me. This is my first time with the breed so wondering what others think?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Male

 

[The Moonshiner]

Looks male to me

 

[nuthatched]

Nothing to be scared about, it's a cockerel not a wolverine. Barred rocks, are Auto sexing, not sex linked. As chicks, males have a mullet, girls have a toupee, but in most hatchery birds, this trait isn't bred for.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Nothing to be scared about, it's a cockerel not a wolverine.

I think they’re more scared they’ll have to give away a favorite bird.

Barred rocks, are Auto sexing, not sex linked. As chicks, males have a mullet, girls have a toupee, but in most hatchery birds, this trait isn't bred for.

Yup. But hatcheries use vent sexing anyways

 

[Mindifnp]

I think they’re more scared they’ll have to give away a favorite bird.

Yup. But hatcheries use vent sexing anyways

I'm not so worried about having one rooster but I have 2 hens with recurring vent gleet that I'm constantly battling (they arrived to me that way) I'm more afraid having a rooster will actually spread the issue to my whole flock.

 

[nuthatched]

I think they’re more scared they’ll have to give away a favorite bird.

Yup. But hatcheries use vent sexing anyways

I know, I was being ironic.

I'm not so worried about having one rooster but I have 2 hens with recurring vent gleet that I'm constantly battling (they arrived to me that way) I'm more afraid having a rooster will actually spread the issue to my whole flock.

I don't think it spreads like that.

 

[Mindifnp]

I know, I was being ironic.

I don't think it spreads like that.

When it's fungal it can, kinda like a nasty STD.

 

[JedJackson]

It is a cockerel. Best bet is to rehome him if you are concerned with spreading gleet, or keep him in a separate quarters.