Australorp roo or pullets?

[Shipgirl]

I just checked on my lot and I'm quite sure i have 2 more males apart from the two I kept intentionally. They looked suspicious before się I expected that. One more is questionable - small comb but bigger wattles. I should have quite a few girls though, so the hatch split would be around 50/50

I’m avoiding looking

 

[dominiquePL]

They will be 6 weeks on Saturday. Most od them i know what they are but there are a few question marks.
1-4 i thought it was a male, now not sure, the comb is pink but not growing at all . In photo 4 (s)he's next to the cockerel, on the right.
5-9 bigger comb and wattles but again, i'm not sure.

 

[dominiquePL]

1-2 another one. I think it's a pullet but i'm not 100% sure.
3-5 the one with yellow and black bands -the same story, not sure. Will try to take more photos at the weekend but you can start placing your bets, @maceleneo @Shipgirl

 

[Shipgirl]

1-2 another one. I think it's a pullet but i'm not 100% sure.
3-5 the one with yellow and black bands -the same story, not sure. Will try to take more photos at the weekend but you can start placing your bets, @maceleneo @Shipgirl

I think I have 6-7 cockerels. They are too fast to be sure right now.

 

[dominiquePL]

I think I have 6-7 cockerels.

That's about right then. You hatched 13 birds from what i remember. So around 50% is a fair and expected number

 

[Shipgirl]

That's about right then. You hatched 13 birds from what i remember. So around 50% is a fair and expected number

About what I expected. Aaand- I’ve got 20 blue laced red Wyandottes hatching Monday

 

[Shipgirl]

That's about right then. You hatched 13 birds from what i remember. So around 50% is a fair and expected number

Lockdown tomorrow!

 

[maceleneo]

@dominiquePL Oh, these unpredictable Australorps! I won't make the same mistake again, no one can force me to guess: I just know that I don't know
BUT if I had to guess, I would say female, male in the first group... and the second group I can't reall tell, because I don't understand wich one is which in the pictures!

 

[Shipgirl]

@dominiquePL Oh, these unpredictable Australorps! I won't make the same mistake again, no one can force me to guess: I just know that I don't know
BUT if I had to guess, I would say female, male in the first group... and the second group I can't reall tell, because I don't understand wich one is which in the pictures!

I wasn’t sure until about 11 weeks on my last ones but I was right on them. I’m more confident on this batch, but the large-ish combs on the pullets are scary.

And hey! I’me selling 5 of them- hope I guess right

 

[dominiquePL]

I wasn’t sure until about 11 weeks on my last ones but I was right on them. I’m more confident on this batch, but the large-ish combs on the pullets are scary.

And hey! I’me selling 5 of them- hope I guess right

Yes, those large combs. I don't have the fastest developing males though so it makes it more difficult. Still, some of the females have tiny combs, some don't. Go figure