Australorp pullets or cockerels?

[Philbec14]

Hi again everyone,

We wanted to ask your advice about our two youngest australorps. Being that they are young, we are trying to work out if they are pullets or cockerels?

And also how old they actually are? We suspect the age we were told when we got them is considerably off from their actual age.

The first two photos are of the same bird (named Midge) and the third and fourth are of the same bird too (named Loopa).

As always, any help is greatly appreciated

 

[Silkie Princess]

That's not an australorp. And It's a pullet

 

[Sara S]

I don’t know much about this kind of thing. But I think you have 2 pullets there. Good luck!

 

[Philbec14]

That's not an australorp. And It's a pullet

May I ask why you say they're not australorps?

 

[Silkie Princess]

May I ask why you say they're not australorps?

I'm not really sure but thats not an australorp. @Overo Mare @EmmaRainboe @TheOddOneOut

 

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They look like pullets, maybe 3 to 4 months old? And I think what @Silkie Princess is saying is that Australorps have red combs. @TheOddOneOut, could these birds have Ayam Cemani in their heritage?

 

[Sara S]

They look like pullets, maybe 3 to 4 months old? And I think what @Silkie Princess is saying is that Australorps have red combs. @TheOddOneOut, could these birds be Ayam Cemani cross's?

Thats what I was thinking because of the black comb, but I’m not very good with breeds I haven’t had before

 

[Silkie Princess]

They look like pullets, maybe 3 to 4 months old? And I think what @Silkie Princess is saying is that Australorps have red combs. @TheOddOneOut, could these birds be Ayam Cemani cross's?

Yes. I thought about the Ayam cemanis but decided not to mention that.

 

[Philbec14]

They look like pullets, maybe 3 to 4 months old? And I think what @Silkie Princess is saying is that Australorps have red combs. @TheOddOneOut, could these birds be Ayam Cemani cross's?

We're new to chicken flocks so I'm not sure. We were assured that all 5 of our chickens are pure breed australorps, but I can't be certain of anything. They have small combs but only one has some pink starting to show.

 

[Sara S]

We're new to chicken flocks so I'm not sure. We were assured that all 5 of our chickens are pure breed australorps, but I can't be certain of anything.

Those sad liars maybe though it was a generational thing? Like every 4 gen. One chickens had a black comb