Telling the difference

[rakerjen]

I recently purchased day old chicks. They are all females. I just wanted to know if there was a way to tell a difference between a Black Australorp, Black Minorca, & Black Jersey Giant.

Thanks for the help

 

[Illia]

At day olds, not much to tell.


Once they hit the 2 week mark - Black Australorps will have white/pink feet or soles. Jersey Giants will have yellow. As they mature, Minorcas will be skinnier and have white earlobes.

Other than that, not much really.

 

[hdowden]

if they were sexed there still can be some boys. from everything ive read theres a very high accurance of people getting roos when they were supposed to be pullets...in a few cases i have read that people have gotten all roos but 1. so be on the look out for roos. heres some pics

black australorps

jersey

black minorcas

 

[DirtCreature]

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[rakerjen]

Thank you for the repies

 

[hdowden]

hope the pics helped some