Are these cockerels?

[J-Habs]

They are just a few hours old. Moms are barred, and dad is not. They look like males to me due to the possible dots on their heads, but I'm no expert.

 

[NatJ]

They are just a few hours old. Moms are barred, and dad is not. They look like males to me due to the possible dots on their heads, but I'm no expert.

I'm pretty sure I see headspots on the first and third. I'm not as sure on the second one, but maybe?

Once they grow some feathers, you should be able to confirm which ones are barred by looking at the feathers (white lines running across the feathers, usually visible in the wings before they get enough feathers to see anywhere else.)

 

[J-Habs]

I'm pretty sure I see headspots on the first and third. I'm not as sure on the second one, but maybe?

Once they grow some feathers, you should be able to confirm which ones are barred by looking at the feathers (white lines running across the feathers, usually visible in the wings before they get enough feathers to see anywhere else.)

Thanks

 

[J-Habs]

What do you guys think about this one? It's faint, but there.

 

[NatJ]

What do you guys think about this one? It's faint, but there.

I think it's a dot, indicating barring and thus male, but it's hard to be sure.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

So these are all sexlinked then? Yeah, any with dots are boys and if you can't totally tell with any, you should be able to real soon.

 

[J-Habs]

I think Barred Rock pullets have a small dot, while their boys have a bigger dot. These are not Barred Rock, but I didn't know if it was the same for this mix too.

 

[NatJ]

I think Barred Rock pullets have a small dot, while their boys have a bigger dot. These are not Barred Rock, but I didn't know if it was the same for this mix too.

For pure Barred Rocks, yes that is the basic pattern.

No, it would not be the same for this mix.

With pure Barred Rocks, the females have one barring gene (small dot) and the males have two barring genes (bigger dot). With this mix, the females have no barring gene at all (no dot) and the males have one barring gene (any dot at all, typically "small" if you are comparing with Barred Rock dots.)

With Barred Rocks, there is some variation among "small dots" and "bigger dots," often with some chicks in the middle of the range so they aren't as obvious. With your mix, it should just be no dot vs. any dot of any size. (But if any of these do turn out to be pullets, please update so we can all learn from it!)

 

[J-Habs]

Sorry to beat a dead horse, but I'm selling these to a friend as "straight run", but feel bad if I know some are males. Here are the 5 in question now that they are a few days old. They are from Bielefelder and Welbar hens, and an Olive Egger rooster that has no barring in his lineage.

 

[NatJ]

Sorry to beat a dead horse, but I'm selling these to a friend as "straight run", but feel bad if I know some are males. Here are the 5 in question now that they are a few days old. They are from Bielefelder and Welbar hens, and an Olive Egger rooster that has no barring in his lineage.

I'm seeing a light dot on every head in those photos. If the father has no barring, then the chicks must be males.

Are those all the chicks you hatched, or are there some females in the group as well?

If you are only finding "male" chicks, maybe post a photo of the rooster and we'll see if he's got barring that anyone else can spot.