I know its a long shot

[AussieChics]

Do you reckon this is a rooster? Its the tail thats got me thinking yes. They were all sexed apparently but I'm not sure.

No idea how old they are either..

 

[ramirezframing]

Little young to tell right now.

 

[AussieChics]

Little young to tell right now.

I was thinking that. My friend who is babysitting reckons the wings arent right for a girl. Guess we'll sit tight for a few more weeks

 

[BantamLover21]

It is too young to tell for sure, but I don't see any obvious rooster signs yet.

 

[Wyandottes7]

I'm not seeing any obvious rooster signs, either.

 

[AussieChics]

Thanks. Fingers crossed since my 11yo son paid for this one with his own pocket money.

 

[AussieChics]

Update. I know the 2 brown ones are 7 weeks but the black one is a vouple weeks older according to the lady I got them from

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[AussieChics]

 

[appps]

Aussie is it an australorp? I've read in that breed the girls get their tails first.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Aussie is it an australorp? I've read in that breed the girls get their tails first.

Actually, this pretty much universally true with chickens - the pullets tend to feather out and develop tails sooner than cockerel chicks. A lot of folks will use the tail development at 2 weeks as one clue in their early gender guesses. This is also one of those things that tends to cause a lot of panic in people new to keeping chickens who don't realize this and assume that the early, more developed tails must be cockerels - easy logic to fall into since cockerels end up with bigger tails as they mature so it would seem logical that they would start to grow them sooner.