Is my 7 wk Australorp a roo?

[Mamakoid]

Any further development on this topic? Do you have a better idea of whether your Australorp is a roo or hen? We're in the same boat here at almost 7 weeks. Many thanks.

No, not yet. We are almost at 9 weeks. Her/his waddle hasn’t gotten redder and neither has the comb, but the tail feathers look a little different from my other chicken. I am just waiting a little bit longer. I’ll keep you posted.

 

[Mamakoid]

Okay. I posted the roo/hen question and the photos 3 weeks ago of my 2 Australorps and I decided to give it more time. My chickens are now 10 weeks old and I am still wondering if one of them is a roo. The one I thought was a roo hasn’t changed it’s waddle or comb color much. But the direction of their tail feathers has me stumped. They just look different to me - one pointing out and one point up. I’m a first time chicken Mom and still learning. Thank you for any insight.

 

[Matejka]

I believe (and not an expert) you have 2 girls. I KNEW by 6-7 weeks mine was a cockerel.
The first pic is 5 weeks, the second 8 weeks, the 3rd 10 weeks

 

[DFamChicks]

Boy, these australorps sure confuse me. Mine is 7 weeks old and I think it’s a cockerel. Comb and wattles are more developed than yours so perhaps you have pullets?

 

[The Happster]

They do both look like girls.

Boy, these australorps sure confuse me. Mine is 7 weeks old and I think it’s a cockerel. Comb and wattles are more developed than yours so perhaps you have pullets?

And that's a handsome cockerel.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

Girls!

 

[Mamatomany123]

Okay. I posted the roo/hen question and the photos 3 weeks ago of my 2 Australorps and I decided to give it more time. My chickens are now 10 weeks old and I am still wondering if one of them is a roo. The one I thought was a roo hasn’t changed it’s waddle or comb color much. But the direction of their tail feathers has me stumped. They just look different to me - one pointing out and one point up. I’m a first time chicken Mom and still learning. Thank you for any insight.

I'm still saying it's a girl. Australorps have early development.

 

[esme13]

Okay. I posted the roo/hen question and the photos 3 weeks ago of my 2 Australorps and I decided to give it more time. My chickens are now 10 weeks old and I am still wondering if one of them is a roo. The one I thought was a roo hasn’t changed it’s waddle or comb color much. But the direction of their tail feathers has me stumped. They just look different to me - one pointing out and one point up. I’m a first time chicken Mom and still learning. Thank you for any insight.

This one looks like a pullet. Some hens can develop a little comb a waddle earlier than others. But the comb just looks rather small for a cockerel. I just lost my 6 week old boy, the comb wasn’t huge but more defined and his personality was constantly alert of his sibling.

 

[RRM]

I am very confident in saying that the two Australorp’s you show in the pictures if them at 10 weeks are both pullets.
By looking at the pictures, nothing about either of them looks like a roo, unless you have an extremely slow maturing roo, which I doubt.
At 10 weeks an Australorp roo is obvious, red wattles and comb, tail feathers are developing, diameter of their legs are much larger, noticeably larger than a pallet of same age, etc, etc.

 

[Chickadee64]

Hen or rooster?

Seeing your pullets confirms that all four of my chicks are indeed cockerels