Can anyone confirm that my Black Australorpe is a Pullet??

[flockof8]

This pretty girl is 13 weeks old. I though she was definitely a girl, but now her feathering has me a bit confused. But as you can see in the pics, the comb and waddles are very much looking like a pullet. So can anyone say for sure that she is a girl, or is there a chance I have a late blooming roo??

 

[GitaBooks]

The tail feathers are confusing, however, she appears to be a pullet.

 

[Blackberry18]

The tail feathers are confusing, however, she appears to be a pullet.

I agree. Sometimes birds can appear to have plumage that belongs to an opposite sex. Usually it's the pattern of the feather, but I've seen some hens with faint sickle feathers, like yours. For example, roosters can be "hen-feathered". I guess your hen is just a bit "rooster-feathered".

 

[pfields]

Pullet

 

[flockof8]

That's what I'm hoping. I have enough roosters and this girl is just too sweet!

 

[lilbeastpdx]

Any ideas on this 11/12-week-old australorp? I was concerned about the comb, but that has been there for five weeks or more and is not even pink (peach maybe...)

 

[GitaBooks]

She's a pullet.

 

[lilbeastpdx]

She's a pullet.

Ok. So these birds have big combs as young pullets?

 

[kendyl p]

That's normal!

 

[lilbeastpdx]

That's normal!

Ha. Okay Great. It seems that 80% of my chicks have been roos. So I am thankful that MAYBE I have a pullet.