Why do my Australorps look so different?

[Mrs. Feathers]

If Cupcake were an australorp roo she would look very different by her now 18 weeks. Cupcake is a pullet and looks like she is going to give you some nice brown eggs soon. I have one almost 18 weeks that looks just like her developmental wise. Love the stinkeye btw!
Bourbon is also a pullet just not as developed as Cupcake....give her a couple weeks and she will catch up. Some of my BA hens have more developed combs that others at same ages and some just end up with smaller combs.
I would bet an omelet yours are both girls.

 

[Pequena Bandada]

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I couldn't convince Cupcake to turn sideways, but she doesn't have saddle feathers. Her profile view (feathers and tail) looks exactly like Bourbon. Thanks everyone!

 

[BellevueOmlet]

That is the best Stink Eye I have seen!

I think it is prize worthy.

 

[crawfordmama]

Too bad Cupcake is a pullet... Wouldn't it be hilarious to have a roo named Cupcake?!

 

[wsdareme]

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Well, it might be a good idea to name a roo "Cupcake". Roos tend to live up to their names. I have a friend who got a free roo from a craigslist ad. His name was "Ragamuffin". She didn't think that was a very manly name, so she renamed him "Spartacus". Unfortunately, Ragamuffin morphed into a Spartacus and had to go to the great stew pot in the sky when he wouldn't stop attacking her DH.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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But Cupcake Is a Roo!

 

[cabot]

do you really think so? I have a 17.5 week old BA pullet that is easily as developed if not more developed than Cupcake and I never even considered she could be a he.... I think Cupcake looks like a pullet...

 

[Go Eggs Go]

I have 5 BA's all on the same hatch, some are more mature than others, some look like cupcake and the rest look like bourbon.

 

[happyhens44]

The one near the black chicken/// the barred rocks a rooster

 

[Mrs. Feathers]

I

seeing the BA photos.

Here are some of my 17.5 week olds. My pullets are a different stages of development and not as developed as Cupcake or Cabot`s pullet.
The cockerel is also 17.5 weeks.

Diva and one of "the girls" 17.5 weeks

Diva 17.5 weeks

Cockerel ("he who remains nameless" until the freezer camp roster is determined) 17.5 weeks