sexing barred rocks

[homesteadmomma]

I would like to add that I have had some that do not follow the rules at all. The first time I raised chickens I had 10 barred rocks that I got at about 8 weeks of age. I knew one for sure was a rooster, but I had no other roosters so I wasn't too worried about the one. He was much brighter and his barring was thinner and his comb and waddles were twice the size of the 9 others. However, one day collecting eggs, I had ten eggs. Thought for sure I had missed one, and then again the next day 10 eggs....turns out my rooster was just a gender confused hen.

Edited because I obviously cannot do simple addition.

 

[speckledhen]

My own recently departed Lexie was also a rule breaker, a large splotchy head spot, very light overall, barely any dark wash on her legs. The sexing rules are about 90% correct, when all three traits are taken as a whole, but that does leave that 10% who don't read their breed manuals, LOL.


And show type BRs are not ones to follow the rules at all.

 

[7&8]

Not a great pic, but they're zoomy and hard to photo...The pullets' wings in this group of five week old bantam Barred Rocks have feathered out more fully than the lone cockerel - the one on the apple trunk. Also, a Barred Rock cockerel/roo should have bar spacing 1/3 the size of a pullets'/hens' bar spacing (which he does).

This batch of two week old chicks are all very dark, with the exception of the one with the splotchy white head - in the pic, he's rump to, and preening. It should be the only cockerel -

in this group...

Like speckeledhen says, not all of them read the sexing guidelines