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    8 week old Russian Orloff - guess the sex!

    Every Orloff I’ve grown out has been male. 🙄 Womp womp. Lolol
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    8 week old Russian Orloff - guess the sex!

    It’s so hard to tell. Thanks for the guess!
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    18 day old bantam mottled Cochins - sex?

    They were a pair indeed!
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    8 week old Russian Orloff - guess the sex!

    Hey all, I’ve got another fun guessing game for you. I posted two Orloffs here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/6-week-old-russian-orloff-sexing.1630493/ with periodic updates, and I’ve got another grow out I’d like your opinions on! I’ll get some closer up photos later. I’ve also...
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    6 week old Russian Orloff - sexing

    This breed is so crazy slow to develop. It was at like, 16 weeks I could finally tell.
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    6 week old Russian Orloff - sexing

    Honestly, it wasn’t until about 16 weeks that I could tell. SO DIFFICULT!
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    6 week old Russian Orloff - sexing

    I’ll post an update for anyone who Follows this thread: both ended up male! Here’s Otto, one of the boys I kept for breeding.
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    18 day old bantam mottled Cochins - sex?

    I’m thinking I have a pair. Anyone else?
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    Russian Orloff Mixes!

    They’re so beautiful! I plan on crossing my Russian Orloff rooster with a Copper Maran hen & white Ameraucanas.
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    Porcelain D’Uccle X Quail Belgian D’Anvers produced FRIZZLE chick?!?!

    ACTUALLY case closed, the buyer put her own eggs in the incubator with mine. Mother is frizzle
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    Porcelain D’Uccle X Quail Belgian D’Anvers produced FRIZZLE chick?!?!

    I don’t have frizzled bantams & these are two purebreds from different breeders. The only other possibility is that my bantam wheaten Ameraucana is the father, but not very likely. My porcelain roo hatched from Mille Fleur parents, amongst all MF chicks.
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    Porcelain D’Uccle X Quail Belgian D’Anvers produced FRIZZLE chick?!?!

    Any explanations? Here are the parents, and the frizzled chick.
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    6 week old Russian Orloff - sexing

    Update: Here they are, 8 weeks old today.
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    6 week old Russian Orloff - sexing

    I’ve been closely examining their combs and they’re still both relatively the same, flat & pale. So, that’s positive/encouraging. That said, I’ll proceed with cautious optimism!
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