Sexing Barred Rocks

[jtm307]

I haven't read every post in this thread, so I may have missed an answer to this question. How much more slowly do Barred Rock caockerel's feathers come in?

 

[ChcknNurse]

I would say pullets however it may still be to early

Quoted wrong person, oops

 

[ChcknNurse]

Still definitely a cockerel.

No doubt! And very handsome!

 

[ChcknNurse]

I think Darth might be a pullet, but Kylo might be a cockerel.

Hmm color alone makes me think they are both cockerel. The comb on Darth is larger too...

 

[ChcknNurse]

Ok now that I can finally post photos. here are my two barred rock. 1 month old. The one in the front is more white on black, and the one in the back is more black on white. So am I looking at Ricky & Lucy or are it Lucy & Ethel. I am guessing Lucy & Ricky. so which is which????

Based on color alone (since that's all we can see, anyway): dark one in back is pullet, front is cockrel.

 

[ChcknNurse]

how about these. does this help?? elissamay - thank you for your help.

I'm guessing quite young and the comb hasn't really made an appearance, yet. I'm still thinking that ones a cockerel.

 

[ChcknNurse]

I have some barred rock babies that i need some help telling what gender they are. Chicks 1-6 are 2 weeks old, 7, 8 and 9 are 3 weeks old. chick 1 leaning towards rooster chick 2 I believe a pullet chick 3 Pullet? Chick 4 Pullet? Chick 5 roo? chick 6 Chick 7 Pullet? Named Venus Chick 8 we thought roo, but looking pullet? Chick 9 Named Dotty, Thought pullet, maybe roo? Non-barred plymouth rocks Buff Orpington, Named Frenchie Little bantam, i think a booted bantam, Named toad bantam, named Pidgey Easter Egger

Wondering if Toad has cheeks-- could she be a porcelain D'uccle? Or a porcelain booted bantam?

 

[ChcknNurse]

Still definitely a cockerel.

I said cockerel before, but other than coloring... the bodtype says hen, to me. I'm curious to see if she lays an egg.

 

[ChcknNurse]

Hello, I am new here and hoping that someone will please help me out. I'd recently ordered, and adopted 3 barred rock chickens. I could see that they were still quite young , all ready & boxed up for me to take home (very exciting!). Anyhow....they're home now, and I am posting a few photos by which I could appreciate the opinion of someone who is well versed in determining the age, and the sex of Barred Rocks. One little darlin' has a longer tail and is lighter in colour than the other two..... . The first two here have darker barring, and shorter tails....... so I'm wondering .... Question #1: Does this mean I get two hens and a rooster, or two roosters and a hen? Question #2: About how old do they look ?

Can you do some closer photos? It would help. That first pic looks like one with bright white/contrasting barring (obvious cockerel) and 2 much darker, suggesting otherwise. But the next pic looks like 3 with bright contrast barring.

 

[ChcknNurse]

I just joined this thread out of curiosity because I raise/sell sexlinks with my three BR hens and 1 BCM roo , but am going to increase my barred rock flock with some hatching eggs at the beginning of Feb. Im hoping the info I've gleaned from this thread will help me sex them early on!

There was a manual written so long ago (don't recall if it was the 50s or before). I found the link on here somewhere. It was intense in sexing barred rocks. I studied it for days before I chose mine... got them right! But it was a challenge with hatchery birds especially. It has pictures of headspots and legs and quizzes. I learned a lot from it.