Black Australorp or Golden Laced Wyandotte?

[CityslickerHomestead]

I bought what I thought was a female black Australorp from my local feed store. She was in the same bin as mixed-sex GL Wyandottes. Since this is my first foray into raising chickens, we didn’t want to have a rooster. She was all black when we bought her at approximately a week old, but now she’s almost three and I see a lot of “gold” in her feathers. Now I’m wondering if she is a GLW that “she”
Could be “he”.

Thoughts?

 

[Cyprus]

GL Wyandotte. Too young to tell sex.

 

[Alexandra33]

X2. What a cutie.

~Alex

 

[MagpieDucks]

X3

 

[ronott1]

Very cute GLW!

 

[CityslickerHomestead]

She is the sweetest of the whole group, and so calm. Two days ago she tried to take a dust bath in... in wet feed. I wake up to find the Poor thing was encrusted in dried, caked-on feed and had started to pluck her chest feathers out in an attempt to clean herself. I freaked out and was late to work because I spent the morning painstakingly trying to remove the food without removing her fluff or soaking her in water. She stayed still and calm the entire time.

 

[CityslickerHomestead]

Here she is again, but at 3-4 weeks old. Now I know she is a GL Wyandotte, but does anyone think she looks like a cockerel yet?

Again, she came out of a bin that was supposed to be female black Australorps and mixed GL Wyandottes. I see the start of what looks like a pea comb? I can’t be sure.

 

[Acre4Me]

Guessing female at this point. Not for sure, but at least the wattles and comb are small and dark. Should be much more obvious by 8 weeks.

 

[CityslickerHomestead]

Thanks! She’s my favorite of the bunch.

 

[Mama_in_the_Dell]

Very cute! She looks like my GLW that I also had to identify because she was nearly all black as a chick. She looks mottled like mine too with her juvenile feathers. Are those silver or white tips in some feathers?