Rural Gardening: Who has raised Pymouth Barred Rocks?, 0 by TamaraFaye

TamaraFaye wrote:
above was a couple days old. this is about 10 days or so [i think]. the one roosting turned out to be a female. she still roosts, now on the water jug, all by herself! another female roosts by herself, but with her head hanging done [limpneck!]

notice how small the females spots on their heads are, and of course as they feather in it gets even smaller...

the males have larger spots on top of their head.

not knowing at the time, i just took what i could reach [20 out of a bin of 200!] they were supposed to be Black Australorps!!! later i tried sexing by the feathers, but that came out about 50/50. now it is obvious who i swho, because of the combs/wattles, and the pullets have wider black bars, making them appear darker...