What gender is this 2 wk old Barred Rock chick?

[Kikoo]

I know it’s still too young to really tell but I’m hoping it’s a hen

 

[BigBlueHen53]

IMO, cockerel. @JedJackson what sayest thou?

 

[redinator]

What was the whole mullet/toupee quip about the head spot on Barred Rocks . . . ? Something about pullets having a mullet, males have a toupee . . . I might have that backwards.

 

[JedJackson]

This one is tough. I'm gonna guess pullet because of the dark wash on the legs, but I'm not certain on this one. The barring is difficult to read, or maybe my eyes are getting bad.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I know it’s still too young to really tell but I’m hoping it’s a hen

Pullet.

 

[JedJackson]

What was the whole mullet/toupee quip about the head spot on Barred Rocks . . . ? Something about pullets having a mullet, males have a toupee . . . I might have that backwards.

Boys have mullets, girls have toupees. I had to use the search engine to aid my memory.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Boys have mullets, girls have toupees. I had to use the search engine to aid my memory.

The headspot is no longer reliable for sexing.

 

[JedJackson]

The headspot is no longer reliable for sexing.

Yeah, I agree. One of those things that had to be maintained in the breeding and usually isn't.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

My opinion of this being a cockerel was not based entirely on the size of the head spot (OP, small on a female [toupee], large on a male [mullet]), but also on the prominence of the comb and on the barring of the wings. I realize, however that I am a novice at sexing and y'all are way more experienced than I, so the OP should take my opinion with a tablespoon of salt and be very skeptical of anything I say on the matter.

 

[JedJackson]

My opinion of this being a cockerel was not based entirely on the size of the head spot (OP, small on a female [toupee], large on a male [mullet]), but also on the prominence of the comb and on the barring of the wings. I realize, however that I am a novice at sexing and y'all are way more experienced than I, so the OP should take my opinion with a tablespoon of salt and be very skeptical of anything I say on the matter.

Don't sell yourself short. You do a great job and definitely aren't a novice. The truth is we are all making educated guesses most of the time on here, and all of us are wrong sometimes and right at other times. It's the community consensus that helps people the most, in my opinion.