Ok good to know. For a bit I thought we had one of each because the comb was pale and smaller on one, but the next week it caught right up and turned dark red just like his brother. That's when I got confused.
Thanks for all the friendly advice!
I knew the combs and waddles can be an indicator but when you research australorps 10 weeks online its hard to tell at this age. Some photos of hens appeared to have pretty big red combs and waddles so I wasn't too confident. I'm sure they are cockerels...
Darn, okay. Thanks for the reply. More time to find them a new home I guess and a head start on the replacements. Thankfully found a place that sells pullets only not too far away. So hopefully won't have this problem again.
I totally believe you but I'm just trying to learn, what gives it...
Hey everyone,
My wife and I bought some chick's at our local tractor supply and all they had for a few weeks was straight run so we went for it. We bought 2 black australorps and 2 supposed to be barred rock. One was definitely a barred rock rooster (big tail and crowing already) which we can't...