5 week old black australorps. How do I tell who is a pullet?

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I've got 14 black australorps that I hatched 5 weeks ago.

I thought I knew that the boys will get a spur on their ankle and the girls don't. But it seems that ALL of these birds have the spur.

Is there another way to tell? about half of them have bright red combs. I know on most hens they dont turn red until they are ready to lay but I dont know if aurtralorps are the same.

Any help is approciated.
 
Larger, redder combs on all breeds means it is a rooster
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Thanks guys - I figured the combs were the deal, but I didn't know pullets had the bump on the ankle. That helps. Now I need to go out & re-tag them all.
 

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