Australorp roo or pullets?

[Shipgirl]

I got 4 chicks from a local. Supposed to be pure Australorps. They turn exactly 6 weeks tomorrow.

1st: do you think they are Australorps or mixed?

2nd: roo or pullets?

 

[Shipgirl]

@NatJ

 

[TesoroSena]

is each pic a different chick?

 

[Nero70002]

3 and 4 are pullets, still looking at 1 and 2

 

[Shipgirl]

is each pic a different chick?

They are labeled 1-4

 

[Flockking]

Looks like austrolops
1,2,3 are cockerels, 4 is pullet
At least that's what I think

 

[Nero70002]

3s saddle feathers look very round to me

 

[Shipgirl]

I’m going back and forth on 3. My guesses were 1-2 cockerels, 3 is a maybe, and 4 pullet. We will see.

 

[NatJ]

I got 4 chicks from a local. Supposed to be pure Australorps. They turn exactly 6 weeks tomorrow.

1st: do you think they are Australorps or mixed?

I cannot be positive they are pure Australorps, but I do not see any specific reasons to doubt it at this point.

I see they all have white/pink toes (not yellow), they are mostly black (a few bits of white feathers are common in chicks that will grow up to be solid black), and they don't have any obvious foot feathers, crests, wrong comb type, or anything of the sort.

2nd: roo or pullets?

1, 2, and 3 have bright red wattles, so I feel pretty confident in calling all three of them males.

#4 might be a pullet, but a slow-maturing male might also look that way at that age, so I wouldn't be certain yet.

3s saddle feathers look very round to me

At 6 weeks I would expect rounded feathers in the saddle area on all chicks, no matter what gender they are.

 

[Shipgirl]

Another one I’m wondering- does this look like a Delaware? It’s one I posted in another thread much younger. Could just be one of the Rainbow’s that Hoover Hatchery provides. But does look Delaware-ish to me- but I don’t know much about them

I cannot be positive they are pure Australorps, but I do not see any specific reasons to doubt it at this point.

I see they all have white/pink toes (not yellow), they are mostly black (a few bits of white feathers are common in chicks that will grow up to be solid black), and they don't have any obvious foot feathers, crests, wrong comb type, or anything of the sort.


1, 2, and 3 have bright red wattles, so I feel pretty confident in calling all three of them males.

#4 might be a pullet, but a slow-maturing male might also look that way at that age, so I wouldn't be certain yet.


At 6 weeks I would expect rounded feathers in the saddle area on all chicks, no matter what gender they are.

I’ll try to do weekly pics and see the progression. I get at least 1 pullet. Otherwise I guess I’ll just have to hatch out another dozen