LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[riss]

Well since ya asked, here is "Buttless" in all his glory:

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I don't have a pic of my other australorp chick handy at the moment, but they are the same age and size, but the other chick has all its tail and wing pinfeathers in. This one has some wing feathers, but no tail feathers at all, plus this guy's comb is pink, where the other australorp is a grey/yellow color.

I know there's no guarantees on gender yet, but we only really wanted 2 chickens to begin with but ended up with 4, which is a little more than we wanted to try and hide.

That’s the cutest thing I’ve ever seen

 

[wayb_BYC]

Unfortunately, he is too young to sex and it sounds like your other australorp may not be an australorp. If he has a yellowish comb and yellow feet, he is a jersey giant

Thanks for the reply, I mis-described the coloring on my other chick, there is no yellow. I tried to get a good comparison shot with buttless and his sibling but unfortunately didn't succeed at that, but here's some picks alone of the other chick:

 

[Silviaschicks]

yup, that's an australorp. this one's too young to sex as well

 

[riss]

yup, that's an australorp. this one's too young to sex as well

Super cute one for sure. Curious how old they usually have to be to sex

 

[wayb_BYC]

Super cute one for sure. Curious how old they usually have to be to sex

In my research, I've learned that the only way to be sure with an australorp is to wait until "the bird either crows or lays an egg!"

 

[Silviaschicks]

They are hard to sex sometimes, but I’m sure the people on BYC can figure it out

 

[aart]

Curious how old they usually have to be to sex

By 4-6 weeks the males should be pretty obvious with larger and redder combs and wattles.

 

[riss]

By 4-6 weeks the males should be pretty obvious with larger and redder combs and wattles.

I was gonna say it wasn't till almost 4 weeks I could sex my ducks

 

[aart]

I was gonna say it wasn't till almost 4 weeks I could sex my ducks

Not sure about ducks.....they don't have combs and wattles.

 

[ButtonHoarder]

I was gonna say it wasn't till almost 4 weeks I could sex my ducks

Just curious, how do you sex ducks?