Australorp pullets or roos?

[The Moonshiner]

I guess I'm just magic that way. I tell by the tail feathers!

How early can you tell?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I guess I'm just magic that way. I tell by the tail feathers!

Okay. Is there any way you could explain it? There are some ways to make good guesses, and I’d love to know if your method is one.

 

[The Happster]

All pullets.
Can I see their left earlobes please?

 

[the_peanut_coop]

How early can you tell?

4 weeks

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

at least 16, and they were all about 4 weeks old!

These were unsexed/straight run chicks?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

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We got these Australorps (and one other that I don't have a recent picture of) four weeks ago from Tractor Supply, but they seem older than other 4 week old pictures I've seen of this breed, so I'm not 100% sure on their age. We got a straight run because my daughter loved their personality, but we were hoping for hens. Any hope of either of these being pullets? Top is Bob, other two are Crow. (I take zero responsibility for their names )

They look like pullets so far.

 

[the_peanut_coop]

These were unsexed/straight run chicks?

Yes

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Yes

How many cockerels and how many pullets did you end up with? What breeds?

 

[the_peanut_coop]

How many cockerels and how many pullets did you end up with? What breeds?

There was about 5 roos including barred cochin, jersey giant, speckled sussex, d'uccles, and barnyard mixes. all the rest were hens including white leghorn, also jersey giant, speckled sussex, d'uccles, barnyard mix, buff orp, ee, brahma, Hamburg, and some more barred cochin. I've also had three silkie roos but i didn't judge that... i was hoping for hens on them.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

There was about 5 roos including barred cochin, jersey giant, speckled sussex, d'uccles, and barnyard mixes. all the rest were hens including white leghorn, also jersey giant, speckled sussex, d'uccles, barnyard mix, buff orp, ee, brahma, Hamburg, and some more barred cochin. I've also had three silkie roos but i didn't judge that... i was hoping for hens on them.

Interesting. Assuming you guessed right on all of them, that’s either lucky or you’ve found something that works. Still, I wouldn’t say it’s an 100% sexing method for any bird since it’s only been tested on one batch of chicks.

Though I am a bit confused, since you said there was 16 chicks (5 cockerels and 11 pullets?) but the way you’ve listed the breeds makes it sound like you had several more chicks.