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Yup - Late bloomers can be pretty confusing ... but that's part of being a "chicken tender" ... confusion comes with the territory! Welcome to the gang!Well I would've thought so but I'm not sure. The two autralorps I would swear were roosters but I'm still on the fence. We had a rooster (Australorp) that was crowing like crazy and since we live in an area where roosters are frowned upon we relocated him with some friends. Since then we've not had any crowing. At five months old I would think at least one of them would crow. Their tail feathers (what's left of them after the neighbors dog got done chasing them) say roos but everything else makes me think hens. I know it's sometimes hard to tell with Australorps.
Awww c'mon ... neighbors are worth more points on the scorecard than dogs. You're takin' all the fun outta the game!You'll probably get advice to shoot the dogs since shooting the neighbors is very very wrong.