Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

[jenniferlamar70]

Hello, We acquired two black Australorp chicks on April 15th. They are sweet birds and have meshed well with our two 5 year old buff Orpington hens. They are 14 weeks old today and one of them has a deeper voice and has made a suspiciously "crowing" like sound twice now. We are not allowed to have roosters where we live. Would anyone mind offering a guess on the gender of one or both of these? Thank you! May 14 Dahlia and Juniper July 9 Dahlia & Juniper Jul 18 Dahlia July 20 Dahlia and Juniper July 20 June 18 May 28

Can you get a closer pic of their backs down by their tail feathers and the back of their necks necks?

 

[TDVGray]

yes I can do that very soon. thank you!

 

[junebuggena]

Hello,

We acquired two black Australorp chicks on April 15th. They are sweet birds and have meshed well with our two 5 year old buff Orpington hens. They are 14 weeks old today and one of them has a deeper voice and has made a suspiciously "crowing" like sound twice now. We are not allowed to have roosters where we live. Would anyone mind offering a guess on the gender of one or both of these? Thank you!



May 14 Dahlia and Juniper

July 9 Dahlia & Juniper

Jul 18 Dahlia

July 20 Dahlia and Juniper

July 20


June 18

May 28

At 14 weeks old, both are definitely male.

 

[TDVGray]

Arrgghh. Are you basing your determination on size/color of comb/wattles? Feathers? All of the above? I guess we thought maybe Australorps had bigger combs/wattles anyway.

 

[OSDad]

All these are EE, sorry again for the pics. I cant get real close to them at the moment, sorry for the pic quality. I have a division separating these from some younger chicks.

This is PRANCER, all are about 7 weeks old.


This is BUDDY



The one with its head up is DANCER



BUDDY AGAIN




This is JOY



JOY again

 

[danielkbrantley]

X2

The behavior is dominance related, not gender related. You have one cockerel, and one pullet.

X2

Whoa! Very cool! Thanks a million. I have another, but I'm almost sure she's a pullet. Almost no waddle or comb. Suppose if I start having doubts, I'll be posting here. Hahaha.. Thanks a million

 

[junebuggena]

Three cockerels in this photo.

Pullet

 

[jenniferlamar70]

At 14 weeks old, both are definitely male. 

I'm not so sure they are cockerels. My Sex links are younger and already red and laying eggs.. is it the comb? I thought I saw saddle feathers on one but couldn't see clearly. All my hens by this age have the same comb and wattles though...

 

[phiphi]

Is my chicken a pullet or cockerel? ~12 weeks old.

 

[junebuggena]

The earliest I've had an Australorp lay was 22 weeks. Those two are way too red, way too early.