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Pullets.
Their black bars are thick. Females can only have a single copy of the barring gene, giving them the dark appearance. Males get two copies, one from each parent, so they basically have twice as much barring, making them look lighter.Awesome!! thank you! I just got the same conclusion from 2 others on a different thread. I'm happy. Do you mind if I ask how you can tell? The tail feathers are so different in length.. does that not mean anything?
Their black bars are thick. Females can only have a single copy of the barring gene, giving them the dark appearance. Males get two copies, one from each parent, so they basically have twice as much barring, making them look lighter.
He's lying. Black sexlinks don't breed true. If his rooster was a black sexlink, instead of 'pure' barred Rock, he would produce chicks that are like yours. 25% of the male chicks would have two barring genes, 75% of both genders would have a single barring gene (no way to sex them till they are older), and 25% of the females would look like black sexlink pullets.Thanks!
I checked with the farm I bought them from and he said that the parents appear to be full-bred rocks for all of those chicks but that the sexlinks may be from several generations ago, even though the parents don't look like it. Is this true?
Would love some thoughts on my "hen." I thought she was a pullet, but that comb is coming in so strong! Tiny waddles also...barely pink in color. Any thoughts would be great. She is a couple days shy of 4 weeks.
The one in question is on the bottom of the pic.