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I'll need to check the black one's feet. I can pick it up but it has gotten way more aggressive in the past couple of weeks.
Not sure on age to be honest, they were larger chicks when we bought them. If I had to guess I would say around 5 months based on how long we've had them and their size when chicks.
How old is your Australorp?
Edit: I see yellow between the toes, are the bottoms of the feet yellow too? If they are you have a Jersey Giant instead of a Black Australorp.
There is really only one questionable bird and that is the black one. Its comb and wattles are as big and red as can be but there is not other signs of it being male. So it's either a very late developing cockerel or just a pullet with an exceptionally large comb and wattles. I believe it is a pullet, myself, because of the complete lack of male traits. Its legs aren't thick, it has no male feathering or even signs of male feathering. But if it is mean and aggressive and making people bleed, then it really doesn't matter what sex it is. It needs to go. A few eggs are not worth the danger to children and adults alike, and it could hurt the other chickens, too.So I have posted these same birds 3 times now and only once has there been a 100% agreement on cockerel vs. pullet. I am 99% sure I know each one now but I wanted to get some experts opinions. Several of these were 50/50 just 2 weeks ago but they sure have changed in that time!
Our biggest issue is we paid a lot extra from a local breeder who pretty much promised pullets. Out of the 6 birds we bought I am pretty sure 3-5 are boys! Not happy about it at all as that leaves us with just two egg layers and a lot of wasted money and time. She already took back one bird (that is why there are only 4 birds in photos) that was a definite cockerel but it was a big pain and borderline ugly so if any of these are cockerels they will be re-homed or culled. Cant have 2 hens and 3 roos!
Pretty sure there are 3 cockerels and 2 pullets in these photos. The only boy we wanted in the first place is the Cochin to the left of first photo. Hopefully he is definitely a boy (he is crowing a lot). I have a feeling that one other could be a cockerel though (meaning all 4 in that first photo)... If we seriously end up with 4 boys and 1 girl it's going to get really ugly at the lady's farm this weekend... We're sticking with the small local farm supply store from now on.
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