How do I sex buff orpington chicks?

[Keenonf]

I have a few that just hatched and I'm looking for pullets. Any ideas?

 

[CoffeeCow]

wait a while, if one lays an egg... its a hen

 

[blueberrychickens]

 

[bjw113]

Oh boy! Here they come with the "sure-fire" ways to sex your babies! I like the one the most that said to put a remote control and a cell phone in with the babies.

Girls will go for the phone..... you get the rest!

On a more serious note, not sure how soon you need to determine the sex, but between 3-4 weeks (I have 12 buff orpingtons - 11 pullets, 1 rooster), my rooster's comb definitely started getting a darker red and split. That's when we decided to rename "Missy" to "Ernie"!

It was a good call.

Ernie is now 8 weeks old and definitely my only buff rooster. I don't know any way to sex the chicks earlier - I'm too much of a newbie myself! Good luck and enjoy your babies!

 

[FRlEDeggs]

Spread the wings, longer feathers = pullet

 

[Keenonf]

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll post pictures in a day or two so that I can get all of your opinions.

 

[hollyandty]

Buff Orpingtons are easy to sex at a day to three days old. I have used feather sexing on mine and had a 95% accuracy rate for the last 2 years. Watch this video

They show very clear pics of the feathers to look at.

 

[laughingdog52]

The video is very helpful in sexing chicks-explains alot. UTube always surprises me. I bookmarked the site-also ones on butchering for later. Thanks for the reference.

 

[GardenGal]

Thanks for the link! I'm going to get a couple Buff chicks next week, and can't have any roosters.

 

[iokra]

the video was very cruel. Don't watch it if you are an animal lover. I could not watch to the end