What mix and gender is my chick?

[Homo sapien]

Is this approximately 19 week old chick a pullet or cockerel? Could you also help me figure out what breed or mix she/he is? She/he was sold to us as a Barred Rock, but I am certain she/he is not. The bottoms of her/his feet are yellow and I think she has a cushion comb.

 

[LaurenRitz]

Pullet. Lots of breeds have yellow skin. Definitely not a Barred Rock. A mix of some kind. Except for the yellow feet, I would have guessed she had Black Australorp in there somewhere. How big is she?

 

[Homo sapien]

Pullet. Lots of breeds have yellow skin. Definitely not a Barred Rock. A mix of some kind. Except for the yellow feet, I would have guessed she had Black Australorp in there somewhere. How big is she?

She has pink skin on her body except for her comb/top of head and her legs and top of feet which are black. The bottoms of her feet are the only part of her that is yellow. I was thinking that she might have some araucana in her. I do not know how big she is, but she is small, about the size or smaller of my Ameraucana at her age. She is very smart and a good hunter she is also quite wary.

 

[LuciferRoo]

I had a hen that sort of looked like her.
Mine was quite large and was all black with the exception of a single white feather at the tip of each wing.
She had a wonderful personality and her sire was a Plymouth Barred Rock mix.

 

[Homo sapien]

I had a hen that sort of looked like her.
Mine was quite large and was all black with the exception of a single white feather at the tip of each wing.
She had a wonderful personality and her sire was a Plymouth Barred Rock mix.

Do you now what her dame was?

 

[LuciferRoo]

Do you now what her dame was?

I do not know. I suspected it was a Maran or a Maran mix as it was the only black hen I had.
I say, "or a Maran mix" because I was given her as a chick and while I thought she was a Black Maran, I cannot be sure and I had no experience with this breed.
If I remember correctly, the only other possibilities were two other hens I had at that time. I do not know their lineage, but here are photos of them.

 

[LuciferRoo]

Here are photos of my black girl, that reminds me of your pullet.
She is fully grown.
Does she look to you similar?

 

[Not-so Slick Chicken]

Gorgeous bird.

At 19 weeks, I'm guessing pullet.
Her mom may or may not be a Barred Rock, I'm not sure. But her dad isn't a Barred Rock.
Explanation below.
(Picture examples)

My Barred Plymouth Rock pullet. Black bird with white stripes ("barred" = white stripe. Any breed and color can be barred)

Second picture = 2 solid black pullets. One is the daughter of a barred mom.

Barring is sex linked.
Barred mom x non-barred dad = daughters not barred, sons single barred.
Barred Hens can only pass barring onto sons, not her daughters.
Barred Roosters can pass barring onto anybody.

Black is a dominant color. If one of the parents is black feathered, there's a possibility the chicks will be as well even if the other parent isn't black.
(*keep in mind that Blue, Chocolate, and Lavender, are all black based. And white can hide patterns and colors.)