I will get a photo in the morning!
Optimism might be better described as desperation: I don’t think I want one rooster, let alone two! And the third chick I raised was also a boy, but ran off when the manly BO started to kick off...
I’ve raised 2 Buff Orpingtons, who live with my 3 hens. They’re 6 months old now.
One is definitely a rooster: big red comb and wattle, crowing, longer straighter tail feathers. The other looks like a hen, but I’ve witnessed her crowing. Not clucking or being proud of an egg: convincing...