Please be joking Harmony. I've been looking at the 'little bumpy combs' on the week old pullets thinking to myself "they look like roos." Though I'm still not so sure about one although two of the little ones I'm certain are roos.
Oh no! My pullet's a Rooster.
Oh don't worry as i said it's not 100% just wait and the first ones to get the little pink combs and wattles those are your roos.
That is sweet of you MsJuris! Thank you! That lil voice is usually 100% accurate... as long as you don't second guess it or dwell on it.. I love guessing gender! I look and the first thing that pops in my head is what I go with.. if I look again and start to wonder.. I'm wrong every time!
Orpingtons and Australorps are hard to guess.. They are also friendly.. so you can't go by that.. Roos are almost always the more friendly of the chicks.. there are other things to look for... and then there is always the 100% foolproof method of waiting.. LOL
This is my favorite subject.. cause at the very worst.. I am right 1/2 the time!!
msjuris, watch the leg and feet size too. As they grow usually roosters have the bigger legs and feet.
And watch for them to come up to the back of your hand when you have your hand in the pen. The little ones that made a movement like they were challenging the back of our hands, when we were about to take our had out of the pen, usually turned out to be roo's.
Only time will tell.
Oh, by the way ZZ, Australorps are not friendly. Had 2 very nasty roosters from young on.
I had 3 full grown Australorp roos that were lap roos.. The dominant roo would sit on your lap and talk up a storm.. That's what got Cody hooked on chickens!
I hatched a batch of chicks for Catscan, and they were the most loveable chicks ever! The roos would fight over who got to scratch for goodiez on the palm of my hand..
The Buffs are the ones that I couldn't tell the roos from pullets for friendliness.. they are all loves.. :)
Ya never know.. this crazy world of chickens.. Nothing is written in stone.. it's what ever works for whoever... is what I believe. I only state facts I know to be true for ME.
MsJuris, I can tell you that chick in the front in your pic is a pullet.. :) I can't see the other two well enough.
My pullet that I thought was a rooster turned out to be a girl after all! She laid her first egg yesterday. :) 10 hens and no roos!! Yay!