4 Week Old Black Australorp Gender

[havingagreatflockingtime]

We've been through three batches of Australorp babies now, and while we're no experts, and yours certainly is about confusing, we've noticed a distinct difference in eye color between the genders. All of our Australorp girls have gorgeous jet black eyes like your pictures, but the boys have green, red, or yellow. Don't know if this is a true set in stone determining factor across the board. Hope it goes well!

This is really interesting because we were saying how her eyes when she was around 3/4 weeks old looked very feminine

 

[havingagreatflockingtime]

11 week update

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

11 week update

Pretty girl! Fancy coop!

 

[Saveria]

11 week update

That has got to be a girl by now. That one really took us for the long haul!

Thank you for posting, now I know more about australorps.

 

[havingagreatflockingtime]

I hope so, she is a fan favorite in this house!

 

[havingagreatflockingtime]

I am updating this thread, our Black Australorp (Sprout), despite showing initial signs of being a cockerel, has laid her first egg at 22 weeks! She also has a massive comb which is probably why her comb was red and large after only 6 weeks

 

[Australorpfamily]

I am updating this thread, our Black Australorp (Sprout), despite showing initial signs of being a cockerel, has laid her first egg at 22 weeks! She also has a massive comb which is probably why her comb was red and large after only 6 weeks

Yay! Congrats! That's good to hear!

One of our hens has a huge comb too, and thankfully is laying!