- Mar 17, 2011
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In my quest to figure out if one of our australorps is a he, I am updating from my last thread. If you wanna get caught up/compare pics:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=477877&p=1
Mindy is about 11-12 weeks now. Is exhibiting either roo or dominant hen behavior. Being a newbie, I don't know which. She definitely roosts her sister at dusk, and runs to greet us regularly. She has more wattles than the other but nothing far and away bigger, I'd think by almost three months, the diff should be significant. No crowing yet, but I wouldn't expect that for another few weeks anyway. Neither is laying yet.
So here goes:
Mindy's face close up, the red in her comb isn't as glaring as other pics I've seen. But it is a little bigger than the other one's.
A side view:
Another side:
Head shot:
The tail: Does anyone see "hackle" or "saddle" feathers? I don't know what I'm looking for.
Overall shape shot: The other chicken is in the background, it's hard to differentiate, because they are both black, I hope you can see the difference.
Crossing my fingers it's a she. Jump in BYC folks!!! Whaddya think?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=477877&p=1
Mindy is about 11-12 weeks now. Is exhibiting either roo or dominant hen behavior. Being a newbie, I don't know which. She definitely roosts her sister at dusk, and runs to greet us regularly. She has more wattles than the other but nothing far and away bigger, I'd think by almost three months, the diff should be significant. No crowing yet, but I wouldn't expect that for another few weeks anyway. Neither is laying yet.
So here goes:
Mindy's face close up, the red in her comb isn't as glaring as other pics I've seen. But it is a little bigger than the other one's.
A side view:
Another side:
Head shot:
The tail: Does anyone see "hackle" or "saddle" feathers? I don't know what I'm looking for.
Overall shape shot: The other chicken is in the background, it's hard to differentiate, because they are both black, I hope you can see the difference.
