my black australorps look different is one a cockerel?

[peterson422]

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[Michael OShay]

Definitely a cockerel. Sorry. (

 

[junebuggena]

That first one is a boy. Are the bottoms of his feet yellow? If so, he's a Jersey Giant. Hatcheries seem to think they are interchangable since they are both heavy, black birds that lay brown eggs.

 

[Michael OShay]

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Definitely a cockerel. Sorry. (

 

[peterson422]

Ahh shoot I was really hoping I was wrong ... And yes the bottoms of its feet are yellow

 

[Michael OShay]

Ahh shoot I was really hoping I was wrong ... And yes the bottoms of its feet are yellow

X2 on junebuggena. With yellow bottoms to his feet, he's a Black Jersey Giant rather than a Black Australorp.

 

[jkcjcfam]

My gosh. My two look nearly identical.

 

[junebuggena]

For some reason, hatcheries seem to be under the impression that Black Australorps and Black Jersey Giants are the same things.

 

[Michael OShay]

My gosh. My two look nearly identical.

Black Jersey Giants, which are slow to mature, will eventually pass Black Australorps in size and weight, but otherwise the only sure way to tell them apart is by the colors of the bottoms of their feet (obvious yellow = Jersey Giant; whitish/grayish/pinkish = Australorp).