6 week old black Australorp. Pullet or cockerel??

[Jamesthesilkie]

Please help w/ sexing my Aussie.
Reasons I think it's a roo-
Largish comb
Confident
Reasons I think it's a hen-
Feathered in pretty quickly, but I have none of the same breed to compare. These were the best pics I could get. Any guesses are welcome. Thanks

 

[sourland]

At 6 weeks, a gender guess is just that - a guess. I'll guess cockerel. 50% chance I'm correct.

 

[Jamesthesilkie]

At 6 weeks, a gender guess is just that - a guess. I'll guess cockerel. 50% chance I'm correct.

Yes I know it's early don't have enough hens to keep a second rooster, but this one is my favorite so I'm trying to prepare myself in case I have to eat him.

 

[Logar]

It looks like a pullet to me as of now

 

[rural mouse]

Looks like a pullet to me.

This is mine at 12 weeks old. She went through a phase at about the 6-8 week mark where I wondered if she was a late blooming cockerel.

 

[Jamesthesilkie]

Looks like a pullet to me.View attachment 3838689This is mine at 12 weeks old. She went through a phase at about the 6-8 week mark where I wondered if she was a late blooming cockerel.

Oh I sure hope so. That buff hen is so pretty

 

[rural mouse]

Oh I sure hope so. That buff hen is so pretty

That buff is a pullet, a week younger than the australorp and the barred rock. She's a buff brahma, and I agree, she's gorgeous. I knew that Colombian (at least the silver version) grew in patchy weird. I assumed (wrongly) that the buff version grew in the same way. That little darling is going to be a big armful when she's around 18 months.