Gender guess: 6 weeks old Australorps UPDATED: 8, 9 and 10 weeks

[maceleneo]

Hi, not sure if these are pure Australorps, poor quality Australorps or something else, but what I'm looking for is your opinion about their gender.
They are 6 weeks old today: blue and white ones seem pullets to me (based on their combs, small and yellow), I'm not sure about the black ones: combs seem to be small for 6 weeks old cockerels, but wattles are big and reddish?
I would love to have your opinions!

 

[Mamatomany123]

All pullets. In my experience, australorps tend to red up a bit early. I have a blue australorp with huge dinosaur legs. We call her big bird because she is in fact a big bird

 

[Painted Calls]

All look like pullets right now. Update in 2 more weeks.

 

[Painted Calls]

My cockerels where a little more yellow and a little less pink when they were 6 weeks old, but I saw other threads were pullets showed some pink at that age, so I can't tell. I'm leaning toward cockerel, but as this post has amply demonstrated, I know nothing about chick sexing
I take the opportunity to post some updated pictures: I ended up kepting only this couple (chick no.1 and no.3 at the beginning of this thread). I found a good home for the other 2 cockerels. View attachment 3475691View attachment 3475690I called them Horatio and Emma. Horatio doesn't crow and when my rooster is around he keeps the tail low and chirp as a little chick <3

Y'all have way better quality Australorps over there! Better quality = slower to mature. Like fine wine. I just love your birds.

 

[maceleneo]

He’s 17 weeks. Thank you!

WOW! Mine is almost 5 months old and his comb and wattles are still so little! But he has gorgeous colors too!

 

[maceleneo]

@MarlaMac I always thought sexing would be faster with single comb chicks! 13 weeks and no male feathers sounds promising by the way, you should post updated pictures too!
I'm going to update this thread until I know for sure, I hate when sexing threads remain unsolved, especially with most controversial cases!

 

[Painted Calls]

At this point I'd say they're all pullets. Slow developing cockerels do happen, so just watch for that though. For now I'd breathe easy.

 

[I Love Feather Babies]

Hi, not sure if these are pure Australorps, poor quality Australorps or something else, but what I'm looking for is your opinion about their gender.
They are 6 weeks old today: blue and white ones seem pullets to me (based on their combs, small and yellow), I'm not sure about the black ones: combs seems to be small for 6 weeks old cockerels, but wattles are big and reddish?
I would love to have your opinions!View attachment 3408701View attachment 3408702View attachment 3408703View attachment 3408704View attachment 3408706View attachment 3408707

I’m thinking #3 is a cockerel, and the rest pullets.

 

[Rose the Legbar]

At 6 weeks both 3 and 4 have too much red and too much waddle growth so I am saying cockerel for those two. I am on the edge with the white one as it has red starting on its waddles... But the blue one seems to be a pullet as of now with no waddle or comb growth.

 

[MarlaMac]

At 6 weeks both 3 and 4 have too much red and too much waddle growth so I am saying cockerel for those two. I am on the edge with the white one as it has red starting on its waddles... But the blue one seems to be a pullet as of now with no waddle or comb growth.

Hi, not sure if these are pure Australorps, poor quality Australorps or something else, but what I'm looking for is your opinion about their gender.
They are 6 weeks old today: blue and white ones seem pullets to me (based on their combs, small and yellow), I'm not sure about the black ones: combs seem to be small for 6 weeks old cockerels, but wattles are big and reddish?
I would love to have your opinions!View attachment 3408701View attachment 3408702View attachment 3408703View attachment 3408704View attachment 3408706View attachment 3408707

They look like perfectly sound Australorps. I think they are beautiful. I think the same about 3&4, I don't have any experience with white Australorps.