New to chicks

[aforeman]

Hi,
I raised meat chickens for 4-h as a teen and recently decided to get some chicks for my kids to enjoy and of course the fresh eggs. I have found this site to be extremely useful in helping me to get started. We started our small flock with 6 ISA brown pullets and 6 black australorps, they were straight run, the jury is still out on some of them!

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! Good luck with your new flock!

 

[collingwood]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[drumstick diva]

Hope you have more pullets than cockerels

 

[aforeman]

I think the one on the far left is a roo, there's one more that looks like that one, but I couldn't get a good pic of him. Of my 6 Black Australorps, I think I only have 2 Roos. What do you guys think?

 

[N F C]

Welcome to BYC!

If you want the member experts to help you sex the chickens, you can post photos of them on this link (take a look at the picture guidelines that explains what will help with identifying):
https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/15/what-breed-or-gender-is-this

Hope you end up with more pullets than roos!

 

[auntdover23]

He could quite possibly be a roo.

I certainly hope not though that would be a bummer.

 

[auntdover23]

Sorry WELCOME TO BYC !!!!!!

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!

 

[Wyandottes7]

Welcome to our flock!

Glad you could join BYC.

Congratulations on your new birds! You've picked out two excellent breeds that should have good temperaments and be very good layers. It does look like one of your Australorps is a cockerel, but all the others appear to be pullets. For sure, the ISA Browns are pullets.

Good luck with your chicks!