Suspected cockerel?

[samanthaelliott28]

Hi everybody! Posting because I'm a little suspicious of one of my Black Australorp "pullets". I have three. All of them between 5-6 weeks old. At first this one was the runt of the 3 very slow tail growth and just smaller than the others. Now, her tail is still small compared to the other two BUT while the other two have tiny pale combs and wattles this one looks like this...any help?

 

[Battlepants]

At this age, my roo check is a red comb and wattle development. Wattle seems to be a bit more telling since combs can vary pretty heavily. I would have to agree with you thinking this is going to be a roo when he grows up.

 

[samanthaelliott28]

At this age, my roo check is a red comb and wattle development. Wattle seems to be a bit more telling since combs can vary pretty heavily. I would have to agree with you thinking this is going to be a roo when he grows up.

I know tails are indicative later on but does it mean anything that the tail on this one is short and small and the other ones are VERY large? Do Roos or can Roos have little stubby tails at this age?

 

[Battlepants]

I know tails are indicative later on but does it mean anything that the tail on this one is short and small and the other ones are VERY large? Do Roos or can Roos have little stubby tails at this age?

Feathers in general at this age don't mean much unless you happen to have a sex link breed (and those are typically wildly different colors for male and female). I would expect sex specific feathers to start happening at about 10-12 weeks.

For that point, I usually look at the saddle feathers more than anything:

https://imgur.com/QzNSDyd