Hello from Maryland!

[Michael OShay]

the BSL pullets would of been black with a yellow dot on the head.

BSL pullets are solid black on top of the head, cockerels have the whitish dot on top of the head.

 

[Michael OShay]

BSL pullets are solid black on top of the head, cockerels have the whitish dot on top of the head.

The BSL cockerels look like Barred Rock chicks.

 

[silcoxalb]

Thanks for all of the input. I will post pics of the entire flock tomorrow, but looking with fresh eyes, my newbie guess is that I have 4 Australorp roosters. Hopefully I am wrong (again).

 

[Percheron chick]

BSL pullets are solid black on top of the head, cockerels have the whitish dot on top of the head.

True. I'm confusing myself. Either way the chicks had to look dissimilar from the start which would indicate different breeds.

 

[Michael OShay]

True. I'm confusing myself. Either way the chicks had to look dissimilar from the start which would indicate different breeds.

Don't sweat it. I confuse myself a lot. )

 

[gander007]

Alright

great to have you joining the BYC flock

BYC has a very useful learning center

A crowing hen how cute

 

[drumstick diva]

What a shame they sold you something other than intended. If you have several other males, I would complain to TSC that you were told they were Black sex links. Also that you posted on BYC and we are waiting to see what restitution will be made.

 

[Michael OShay]

Hopefully TSC will make restitution since you didn't get what you paid for. However, there is a bright spot in all of this. If TSC was going to give you the wrong birds, you couldn't have done better. Black Australorps are excellent birds; very hardy (even more so than BSLs), very calm and gentle (probably more so than the BSLs), and the best layers of the standard brown egg laying breeds (almost as good as the BSLs which are hybrids). As Percheron chick said, they will give you 5 eggs per bird per week and they will likely have a longer laying life than the BSLs.

 

[silcoxalb]

Thanks again for steering me in the right direction. Let's see how I did:

Black Australorp hen? Her comb was black until 2 days ago.

BA rooster?

Not so sure on this one. Rusty collar says BSL pullet...tail, attacking of other chickens, unfriendliness toward people, and gravelly attempt to crow this morning says rooster....I am going to guess mongrel rooster?
*sigh* oh well, live and learn!

 

[Percheron chick]

Your IDs are correct. The second rooster is interesting because he has slate shanks. Unfortunately, there is a 3rd rooster in that picture.

3 rooster out of 6 makes me think your TSC deals with straight run chicks not pullets.