McMurray Bonus Chick... Black Australorp?

[figliadelre]

Soooo... our mystery chick is 10 weeks old today, and yesterday we heard crowing. Pretty decent crows, too! My husband went to let them out this morning and was greeted with four crows out of Mystery Chick.

Is it officially a rooster, now? Or do pullets sometimes exhibit crowing attempts at this age?

 

[Hezz]

That is definately a rooster. Sorry!

 

[kjxoxo1]

Wow!! That chicken looks just like my Black Australorps.....I have 15 of them...raised them from when they were days old. My guess is Black Australorp!!!

 

[figliadelre]

Do your Australorps have white earlobes?

 

[kjxoxo1]

My 10 week old do have some white spots still on them. I'll look closer tomorrow at them. I know on their belly area. I'll look and let you know

 

[willowbranchfarm]

I had a BA rooster that surprised me with a crow too.

 

[kjxoxo1]

Okay so I looked at my young roosters closely....there was just a tad bit of white in some of the very edges of their feathers but not much at all now...their faces have filled in and have just very very very faint white on their heads like around their eyes and ears.... I'm not sure that this helped you. When they were younger their entire belly area was white. Good luck!!

 

[figliadelre]

kjxoxo1 -- My black bird is definitely not an Australorp! We know that for certain at this point. =) We're almost certain he's a White Faced Black Spanish or a Minorca. His white earlobes are getting bigger everyday.

 

[kjxoxo1]

oh wow!! please send more pics when he/she gets older....interesting. Thanks!!!

 

[jamuck]

Can anyone help me identify this breed. bonus chick from McMurray, it is around 9 weeks old? Thanks.