Help sex our 5 week old barred rock !

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Hey y’all ! We just got 9 chickens about 5 weeks ago. We have one barred rock and are just concerned whether it is a pullet or a cockerel . Please any insight would help . Thanks a lot !
 

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Harvey57 said:
Has anyone ever had a chick they thought was for sure a roo turn out to be a hen ?
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Barred rocks are one of the easier birds to sex. Males are double barred so whiter than single barred females. Add on to that his comb development and I personally have no doubts about his sex.

But I did have some amberlinks everyone swore were roos. They ended up being all females.
 

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