New Black Australorp chicks - Gender guesses?

[ChickenTenderz]

Here are our 5 new black australorp chicks, they are only 3 days old but I thought it would be fun to start guessing gender and do a photo shoot with them. They weren't really in to posing for pics but my daughter has been wanting to do the cupcake liner skirts

 

[WingItRanch]

Oh my... that's really something!

As for gender guesses, it's a little too early to tell right now. Usually it's more obvious when they're fully feathered (6ish weeks old).

 

[ChickenTenderz]

I know its early, I'm just anxious to know what we have. I found a video online supposedly of 1 week old BA chicks showing the wings. From that I have 3 roos & 2 pullets BUT our chicks aren't nearly as developed as the ones in the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy-m-xPHGx4

 

[arianna7]

well.... the ones wearing skirts...

 

[ChickenTenderz]

They are a week old now. One I called pullet from the day we got them. She has wings going to her bum & tiny tail feathers sprouting. One other has the nice curved wings and the other three have the more jagged wings, but I swear I see double row of feathers on some of them too.

 

[arianna7]

They are a week old now. One I called pullet from the day we got them. She has wings going to her bum & tiny tail feathers sprouting. One other has the nice curved wings and the other three have the more jagged wings, but I swear I see double row of feathers on some of them too.

please post pics, and we can all guess, that is if they look different now!! i enjoy guessing, even if its just for fun

 

[WingItRanch]

They are a week old now. One I called pullet from the day we got them. She has wings going to her bum & tiny tail feathers sprouting. One other has the nice curved wings and the other three have the more jagged wings, but I swear I see double row of feathers on some of them too.

I'm sorry but wing sexing is not an accurate way of sexing. I believe it's only specific to certain breeds and australorps are not one of those.

You'll just have to be patient and take new pics of them when they're fully feathered. Trust me, I understand wanting to have answers immediately!

 

[ChickenTenderz]

please post pics, and we can all guess!!!!

We have a soccer tournament this weekend too, but I will try to get updated pics.

 

[ChickenTenderz]

I'm sorry but wing sexing is not an accurate way of sexing. I believe it's only specific to certain breeds and australorps are not one of those.

You'll just have to be patient and take new pics of them when they're fully feathered. Trust me, I understand wanting to have answers immediately!

Oh, the video I found was of australorp chicks but I figured it's not completely accurate since those "week old" chicks were much larger & have more feathers than my week old chicks.
We were hoping for 1 roo but they are from a pullets only order...still that 1 in 10 chance...just don't need them all to be roos!
Guess I'll have to be patient, it's still fun to guess!

 

[red horse ranch]

I've hatched a lot of Australorp over the years and it seems to me that the males usually have obviously bigger legs than the females do. No guarantee but I would guess female for all of them.