Thanks drumstick diva, I'm going keep my favorite rooster and see how big he gets. But the good news is that I just ordered 6 Buff Orpington pullets! :D
Thank you so much QueenMisha for graciously responding to my cry for help.
I was hoping that I had a pullet but was afraid that I didn't. These birds are huge compared to my other 10-wk-olds, they are as heavy as my one-year-old PR rooster but not as tall as he is yet, Red Ranger blood makes...
Thank you, I will try to get a shot of Echo standing and post it to this thread. I forgot to mention that he/she has green neck and tail feathers coming in.
We have four Buff Orpington (?) chicks who are 10-weeks-old. Three are cockerels and hopefully one is a pullet. We would appreciate any help in determining if we do have a pullet and what breed (BO's, BO x's, etc.) they might be.
Picture 1 - suspected pullet's tail; Pictures 2 & 3 - cockerel's...
I picked Echo out of the mystery bin because of his/her beautiful wings and pretty copper coloring. I originally thought that Echo was a red-sex link, but now I believe that he/she is a PR/RIR. Echo was the runt of the 17 chicks that I bought that day. He/she is still one of my smallest...
I picked this chick out of a mystery bin because of her wings, they were very long (as long as her body) and had a pretty pattern. Sunny was my largest chick for a while until my cockerel's outgrew her. She is very skittish. I am almost 100% sure that she is a pullet but I have no idea what...