I've just gotten two barred rock chicks from a friend who was moving and unable to take them with her. they are about 2wks old. I've never keep this breed before but they are very cute chicks, I'm not worried if one turns out to be a rooster but would prefer that they both don't turn out to be roosters
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For the sake of keeping it a bit more simple ill call them chick A and Chick B.
Both chicks have the same feather development, though i did not see their wing feathers come in since they have been here I've seen their tail feathers come out and the feathers coming in on their backs all this has basically grown at the same rate in each chick. I've read that male barred rock chicks can be lighter in color than females to me mine seem to be the same shade, so i cant tell if they are considered light or dark. I have also read that female chicks will have some dark color to the fronts of their legs, again i cant seems to see a difference between my two chicks as they both have some dark color to the fronts of their legs.
the only differences i see are:
chick A's comb an wattle development look more pink than the other chick but then sometimes they both look the same. A's dot on his head (or what remains of it at this age) is a bit brighter white.
Chick B's dot on head is larger but a bit duller white, but this chick has some black on its beak (I've also read this can mean it's a pullet).
chick A head shot.

chick B head shot.

chick B closest to camera, chick A furthest form camera.

chick B closest to camera, chick A furthest from camera.

Left chick A, right chick B.

chick B closest to camera, chick A furthest from camera.

Thank you to anyone who can help me out.
