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[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[sourland]

Hello, and welcome to the BYC community.

 

[N F C]

Thanks for joining us!

 

[Tookie]

Hello! Welcome to BYC! We're so glad to have you here.

 

[Debbie292d]

Hiya, and welcome to BYC!

We're glad you're here!

 

[MiaTheChickenWhisperer]

Welcome to BYC!!

 

[catsndogs4us]

Welcome! Those are very cute chicks .

 

[Bok-Law]

Hi from the other side of Oz

Were the Australorp's sexed as females? Even though it is a bad angle pullets don't usually have combs that big at 4 to 5 weeks old. With the shape of that comb I'm thinking that the splash Marans looks like it might be a boy too and the other 2 look like pullets to me.

They were sexed female! It’s money back guarantee so at least I can still get females if these end up male - I did think the combs were quite large for hens!

 

[Bok-Law]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

Those chicks look closer to 5-6 weeks old and they are more than ready to be outside in a much larger coop. I don't see any of them screaming cockerel.

We are finishing the run today!! It got to 10 degrees in Perth overnight so I still will be bringing them in at night

 

[Bok-Law]

I’ve been using this article to track if my marans were pullers or cockerels.

https://www.pipandgrow.com.au/copper-marans-sexing-tips/

That’s exactly the pictures I found online as well and why I reckon it’s a roo