Just making sure my BA's are hens..

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here is a pic of my 7 and almost 1/2 wk BA hen: ( have 4 more that look just like HER...)
(at least I was TOLD hens lol -- can you all confirm..thanks!

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I dunno. I would need to see a full body shot. Her tail/saddle feathers may be the clue we need.
 
I vote hen but it may be too soon to tell. Twice I have raised BA hens in a mixed flock and both times I was sure they were roos for a long time because their combs and wattles were so red much earlier than the other breeds. My chicks are about the same age as yours and the 2 roos have larger combs and wattles than yours. My BA hens were such sweeties and great layers.
 
eerrrr. I dunno.

I had BA girls that never got a comb, and then some that had big manly combs and waddles. It would be odd for you to have 5 roos, so if they all look the same, then I would guess girls, for now.

Show us some more pics in a few weeks. Maybe they will start to show the differences then.
 
oh goodness...I hope I only have the turken roo lol...I need the rest to be all hens!!!
 
I think hen. Man, she is like twice the size of my 7 wk chick! (No idea what breed mine is, just know it's not a banty. Or at least that 's what they told me."
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I have a ten week old australorp that I am having a heck of a time sexing. "Mindy" has the tail like your pullet, very straight and sticks up, but her comb and wattles, although a lil bigger than her sister's, aren't necessarily redder. Mindy definitely roosts the other pullet and seems to have "dude" like mannerisms. My other australorp looks very hennish. Maybe there is still hope for Mindy, seeing your pullets shape gives me hope. I'll be posting newer pics tomorrow hopefully, if ya wanna check it out. But with absolutely no comb and that much yellow in the face, I'd say you definitely have a pullet on your hands.
 

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