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Help with sexing a blue australorp

post #1 of 16
2/8/12 at 8:03pm
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This is my first time keeping chickens so I have little to no knowledge in guessing their sex. Can anyone help me in sexing my blue australorp? I am not quite sure of its age either, so any advise on either would be much appreciated!!!

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post #2 of 16
2/8/12 at 9:32pm

I'm sure you'll be glad to know that she is a hen. yesss.gifShe's small so she'll probably be around 4-6 months.

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Orpingtons are the best breed. Fluffy butts, huge eyes and such a friendly temperament.....what more could you want?

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Orpingtons are the best breed. Fluffy butts, huge eyes and such a friendly temperament.....what more could you want?

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post #3 of 16
2/8/12 at 11:15pm
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Thanks :) Anyone else care to share an opinion?

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post #4 of 16
2/8/12 at 11:30pm

Looks like a pretty little hen to me too.

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Count the campfires by glowing flames, never by the ashes that fall. Count your days by the golden hours, don't remember clouds at all. Count the nights by stars, not by shadows. Count your life by smiles, not by tears. And with joy on every birthday, count your age by friends-not years.
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post #5 of 16
2/8/12 at 11:30pm

Girl!!!! :D

1 Chihuahua,1 border collie, 2 quarter horses, 4 Cats, 1 bobwhite Quail roo, 1 Buff Cochin hen, One white cochin Roo, One RIR RC bantam roo and hen. One Golden laced cochin bantam pullet, One blue cochin bantam Cockrel, One RIR bantam pullet, One Standard Cochin chick, 5 Buff orphingtons, 5 Millie Flure D'uccles, One dark Brahma Bantam Pullet, One light Brahma Cockrel,  One Buff Cochin bantam...

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1 Chihuahua,1 border collie, 2 quarter horses, 4 Cats, 1 bobwhite Quail roo, 1 Buff Cochin hen, One white cochin Roo, One RIR RC bantam roo and hen. One Golden laced cochin bantam pullet, One blue cochin bantam Cockrel, One RIR bantam pullet, One Standard Cochin chick, 5 Buff orphingtons, 5 Millie Flure D'uccles, One dark Brahma Bantam Pullet, One light Brahma Cockrel,  One Buff Cochin bantam...

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post #6 of 16
2/9/12 at 12:37am
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what signs gave away its sex?? 

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post #7 of 16
2/9/12 at 12:42am

A rooster would have a much bigger and redder comb by now, her small feet and thin legs and also the lack of shiny saddle and tail feathers also gave her away.
 

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what signs gave away its sex?? 



 

Orpingtons are the best breed. Fluffy butts, huge eyes and such a friendly temperament.....what more could you want?

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Breeder of Sussex, Hamburgs, Orpingtons and Whyandottes.

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Orpingtons are the best breed. Fluffy butts, huge eyes and such a friendly temperament.....what more could you want?

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post #8 of 16
2/9/12 at 12:44am

First - Wow, nice lacing. Blues rarely have good lacing except in Andalusians.

 

Second, definite girl. Boys will have solid dark blue wings, developing dark lustrous blue saddle feathers and hackle feathers, and a darker blue curved male tail, larger than the female's developing.

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post #9 of 16
2/9/12 at 1:59am
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Thanks for the help. I hope you are all right!!! I don't know much about the breed or chooks in general so any info is helpful.

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post #10 of 16
3/1/12 at 10:55pm

HEN!!

 

a rooster would have a redder comb, hackle feathers, and saddle feathers more pointy

 

just saying cause you asked,

 

SHE SO PRETTY! gimme ! droolin.gif

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99.999% of girls would die if Justin Bieber appeared at their doorstep and asked for a date. If your that 0.0001% Who's wiping blood from your fist, put this in your siggy.

 

I have a sad poem called The Waiting Dog, if you care about hearing a poem to end animal abuse, PM me

 

 

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