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An update, Vee (the moniker stuck) has been practicing his crowing now, although it sounds less like crowing and more like he's being strangled 😂 The chicks have been sleeping outside in their temporary pen but we had to bring them inside in their brooder bin when a bad windstorm hit last night...

I thought that at first, but the wattles they do have are very small and pale fleshy toned, not red. The wattles have also stayed pretty much the same size for weeks (my phone oversaturated a couple of pictures so pictured wattle colors aren't wholly accurate). Both their combs are black with...

Any thoughts on my two Australorps? I'm fairly certain they're pullets based on behavior and feathers/combs/wattles

Thanks everyone! It's good to have second opinions to confirm what I've thought all along! V is a very sweet boy, he likes to sit on my legs and is very helpful when I'm planting things 😅

Not bad for the first time guessing chick genders then 😆 So far V is very well behaved, if he continues being a gentleman then I have no problem keeping him. We're out in the country and have plenty of room, and he would be the only rooster among 6 girls.

I should also note that so far, all have had about the same growth rate. V is not noticably bigger than the other three.

Here's a couple of close ups of V Rosemary and Juniper are being busy bees this morning so slightly blurry 😅

Hello! So I have 6½ week old chicks that I have hand raised as our broody bantam rejected them completely. I have 2 black Australorps, 1 Buff Orpington, and 1 Easter Egger (was sold as an Araucana but I'm fairly certain that's not the case) All were bought at a local feed store and were marked...