Sight Sexing Barred Plymouth Rock Chicks at Hatch

[speckledhen]

@Apid all four are pullets. A 6 week old BR male would have a honking huge red comb already and be much lighter to boot. Color can vary a little on pullets, though, especially hatchery stock. My first two hatchery pullets were very different. In fact one was cockerel-colored and was always about as light as her sons, so we had to go by her lack of comb development.

 

[Apld]

@Apid all four are pullets. A 6 week old BR male would have a honking huge red comb already and be much lighter to boot. Color can vary a little on pullets, though, especially hatchery stock. My first two hatchery pullets were very different. In fact one was cockerel-colored and was always about as light as her sons, so we had to go by her lack of comb development.

Phew! Of our first 4 chickens, three of them were roosters, so glad these aren’t! They are incredibly chatty (which I love), I’m not sure if they’re ever quiet - is that a standard BR trait? We haven’t had them before.

 

[speckledhen]

Phew! Of our first 4 chickens, three of them were roosters, so glad these aren’t! They are incredibly chatty (which I love), I’m not sure if they’re ever quiet - is that a standard BR trait? We haven’t had them before.

They can be chatty, no doubt, though my biggest loudmouth is really my splash Ameraucana, Snow. Folks visiting have said, "That one talks a lot"

But a standard BR trait? I'm not sure you could say that about all BRs. I have had both hatchery BRs and two different lines of true heritage BRs and aside from one of my BR roosters, Hector, being an alarmist and getting everyone else upset, they are not much more chatty than the others.

 

[IGarcia]

Can anyone help me out here. I have had many ppl say its a hen and many say its a rooster. Can anyone tell me for sure?

 

[IGarcia]

They are 5 months old, but they havent crowed or attempted to

 

[h2oratt]

I would say roo
@granny hatchet

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I would say roo
@granny hatchet

do you have a baby picture of it ?

 

[Faraday40]

Uh oh! I have a bad feeling I hatched ALL MALES.
These are Doms, but the same principles should apply.

The head spots don't look nice & round/compact like I think the females' should be. Also the fluff looks light to me. (However, that could be because I'm used to seeing my black orp chicks.) They do seem to have dark legs and dark beaks, so I'm confused.

Please let me know what you think.

 

[JenLiz]

This little one came from a batch of supposedly sexed pullets at TSC, but that comb and the white stripes of its wings are making me think cockerel. However, the legs are darkish? Head spot is pretty defined. Approx. 3.5 weeks old.

 

[JenLiz]

Comparison of the other one we bought from the same batch.