3mo Black Chicken Breed

[Neese.birdlover]

Did you order specific breeds of sex pullets or did you order an assortment of pullet chicks as well as the assortment of straight run? If the pullet chicks were ordered as an assortment this chick may have been from that grouping and simply be a mis sexed bird which has a 10 to 15% chance of happening with vent sexed chicks

When I ordered I got this

• 1 pair of ducks
• 1 pair of geese
• 2 turkeys
• 10 day old egg layer female chicks
• 1 rooster chick
• 10 hatchery choice rare straight run chicks

 

[Neese.birdlover]

Are you able to make out ear color by chance?

Honestly it looked white.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Honestly it looked white.

At this age, ear lobe color is not really going to be what it will be as the bird matures. All chicks at this age will have very pale ear lobe coloring and then as they reach the point of being closer to maturity they will either whiten or redden

 

[homeschoolin momma]

My two cents is thinking you either have a female black orpington or female australorp (which essentially is the same thing, their lineage comes from black orps).

By 12 weeks old, you should be able to tell gender. The comb and wattles are small on this bird at 12 weeks. Her legs are also thinner that i can tell from the pictures. Boys often tend to have stockier, thicker legs.
So i believe you have a hen and no matter which one of those two breeds she is, she'll lay you some nice big eggs when she's ready.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

What was the actual hatch/ship date for your order? "3 months" can have a variance of 2-3 weeks for folks, and that variance can be a big difference in assessing charactetistics relative to sex

 

[Gray Farms]

That's a Black Australorp. Very likely a pullet if 3 months old.