I think s/he is a roo

[LaurenRitz]

Lots going into this, but I think my lone surviving australorp has morphed into a boy.

I got 9 chicks. 2 of the 3 Australorps died within 24 hours. Then my roo morphed into a pullet.

So now I have 7 pullets, but the BA got frostbite and I brought her inside...

I think her comb is very big and dark for a 11 week old pullet, but I don't have any other australorps to compare to and the others are all larger slow growing breeds.

 

[The-White-Elephant]

Lots going into this, but I think my lone surviving australorp has morphed into a boy.

I got 9 chicks. 2 of the 3 Australorps died within 24 hours. Then my roo morphed into a pullet.

So now I have 7 pullets, but the BA got frostbite and I brought her inside...

I think her comb is very big and dark for a 11 week old pullet, but I don't have any other australorps to compare to and the others are all larger slow growing breeds.

Looks like a boy to me

 

[Yard Farmer]

That's a cockerel.. Sorry

 

[LaurenRitz]

Looks like a boy to me

Not a problem. I wanted a rooster, but he turned into a pullet. How does a professional hatchery mess up on the gender of an auto sexing breed?!

 

[Yard Farmer]

Not a problem. I wanted a rooster, but he turned into a pullet. How does a professional hatchery mess up on the gender of an auto sexing breed?!

What??!

 

[LaurenRitz]

That's a cockerel.. Sorry

He'll take the place of the rooster that became a pullet. I wanted a rooster, just of a different breed.

 

[The-White-Elephant]

He'll take the place of the rooster that became a pullet.

I’m sorry, but what?

 

[Yard Farmer]

He'll take the place of the rooster that became a pullet. I wanted a rooster, just of a different breed.

Oh, nice!
You'll enjoy having a roo!

 

[Yard Farmer]

I’m sorry, but what?

The hatchery messed up an auto sexing breed.

 

[The-White-Elephant]

The hatchery messed up an auto sexing breed.

Ooooh, okay.