Orpington Chick colors (chocolate silver laced Orpington)

[Hillbillenigma]

So cute. Great pics!

 

[thlayli]

Cuties! Look how confident they are <3

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

They are so cute!!

 

[ColtHandorf]

Hello!
I ordered some chocolate silver laced Orpington hatching eggs and was successful in hatching almost all! To my surprise, they are different colors. One in particular I wasn’t expecting to be a color to get. Can anyone identify the little red Orpington chicks color?
I’ve scoured the internet and cannot find a comparison.
*The little black one is not an Orpington*
Thanks in advance!
Maddie

Look to be all Chocolate Silver-laced. None of them are going to be Recessive White.

 

[Mmmcmi9283]

Look to be all Chocolate Silver-laced. None of them are going to be Recessive White.

Thanks! I hope so. Some have a redder tint then others but thankfully they all seem to show some lacing so far

 

[Mmmcmi9283]

Unfortunately 4 out of the 5 look like cockerels… one is dragging out so slow. They are beautiful but it’s so hard to tell their gender!

 

[thlayli]

You'll know for sure when their white head feathers start growing in! Harold's started around 14 weeks. Yay sexual dimorphism! If I had to guess, I would say #3 up there is a cockerel. #2 and #4 are iffy, but my pullet's comb only just turned red and they were hatched in November. Thank you for keeping the updates coming

 

[ColtHandorf]

Unfortunately 4 out of the 5 look like cockerels… one is dragging out so slow. They are beautiful but it’s so hard to tell their gender!
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I'd say:

1 - Cockerel? Probably?
2, 3, & 4 - Undoubtedly male. 2 and 3 show very characteristic signs with the large portions of white.
5 - Definitely a pullet.

I would be interested in seeing if the leg color means anything. I don't fiddle with Chocolate Silver-laced, but in my Normal (Black) SLO all their legs are white. Your little pullet has slate-colored legs.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Any updates?

 

[Mmmcmi9283]

Any updates?

1 and 5 are hens, 3 is a roo but super slow maturing. 2 and 4 got sold so I don’t know what they ended up being. One other got sold that was a hen (not pictured last time but had a reddish tent