6 Week Old Australorp Sexing

[Waterfaery]

Can anyone please help sex these eight Australorp chicks? They will be 6 weeks old tomorrow. They are all named after their leg band colours, apart from the one called Kari.

White made himself known at about 3 weeks and I'm fairly sure green and yellow are cockerels as well but would love some other opinions on all of them. I have no idea about the other five but let's hope they are hens. My other five chicks are Light Sussex and I'm 99% certain there are four cockerels and one hen so I'm hoping the Australorps give me better luck!

 

[Sammi_0411]

White Green yellow and blue idnsay are cockerels rest could be pullets but still quite young and I wondering if maybe turquoise and Kari could be cockerels too but still young nt a complete expert so see what others think xx

 

[Waterfaery]

White Green yellow and blue idnsay are cockerels rest could be pullets but still quite young and I wondering if maybe turquoise and Kari could be cockerels too but still young nt a complete expert so see what others think xx

Oh no!!! If you're right, that would be fairly bad luck!

 

[Sammi_0411]

Hope I'm nt xx

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

White, yellow, green, blue, possibly turquoise and Kari are cockerels.

 

[Waterfaery]

Thanks. Just wondering what makes you both think blue is a cockerel?

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

Head shape and comb.

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

And it look how one of my BA roosters did as a chick.

 

[Waterfaery]

Head shape and comb.

What should I be looking for in the head shape on them? And do you mean the comb shape or colour? Just trying to learn as well. Thanks!

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

What should I be looking for in the head shape on them? And do you mean the comb shape or colour? Just trying to learn as well. Thanks!

Its blockier, for the comb it is more jagged and slightly larger than the definitive pullets. It could be a fast growing hen but I'm leaning towards cockerel.