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Mystery Solved! I can safely say I have all females. I kept a pretty guy eye on things today and saw comings and goings in and out of the coop. When I finally saw all three of the chickens down in the run this afternoon I checked the nest box. I had three nice eggs in there, so it appears...

I kept grabbing the broody buff yesterday and today and making it so she couldn't access the egg boxes and eventually today she just seems to have reverted back to her normal self yelling at me for more grasshoppers. I have to check one last time soon for eggs, but so far it looks like only the...

Okay we decided to go on a little over night camping trip and when we came home we discovered that the buff orpington was sitting on 4 eggs, two of hers and two from the black sex link. She did not want to move and stayed up there for hours even when the internal temperature of the coop was...

My buff actually is the ruler of the roost. For a while when the sex link was smaller when we had them in the brooder she ruled, but after we moved them outside and the buff got bigger she is on top. I still worry about the australorp because there are some male characteristics but at almost...

The BA doesn't like to pose for photos. There are a couple up earlier in the thread in case you missed those. So far I haven't had any more crowing so I'm going to wait and see if either I start getting more eggs or if I start getting crowing or fertilized eggs.

Ok so I have now confirmed that the buff orpington is female. I caught her laying an egg today. I will continue to wait and see what happens with the autralorp, so far no more crowing, but also no eggs either. The egg from the buff was wet again today and had what appeared to be a little blood...

Two eggs today, both in egg boxes. It is hard to tell which one other than the sex link laid them because they were all up in the roost/nest box area. I am pretty sure it is the buff though, she has been squatting a lot and when she came down she was singing the egg song like crazy. I am...

I thought that the australorp looked like she was getting hackles too, but her comb and wattles are smaller than all the others, and she isn't standing out as a roo. I know the sex link is one of my layers and I am assuming the other is the orpington but I'm not positive. Oh and Wendy I...

So I have an update. It looks like I have at least two females, I found a small weird shaped egg in the run later this morning. It was either from my australorp or orpington. I think it is from the orpington because she was in the nest box a lot yesterday and acting really strange. I just...

So I haven't had any recent crowing and I'm getting a pretty consistent supply of tasty eggs from my black sex link. Still nothing from the austalorp or the buff orpington. They will be 18 weeks old this Friday.

Well no more crowing. Still only one laying it seems. I am starting to get an egg every day or every other day. They are all 17 weeks old now.

It is so hard to wait for the eggs. So far I have one laying, pretty sure it is the sex link, and I have only received one egg that is edible in the last 5 days. I haven't heard any crowing since last Sunday, so I'm hoping that is a good sign. I will keep updates coming as I hear more crowing...

No crowing again this morning, but I found my first hard shelled egg last night. I think it is from the black sex link, but I'm not positive. it is a tiny brown speckled thing. As for behavior my buff orpington and sex link have always been the runs to come up and see what is happening. None...

No no crowing this morning and no other eggs yet. So far I have only received the double soft shelled one on Saturday. I am hoping they are both hens, if not I will try to get the culprit to my nephew and he can add it to his flock. I just have to tell him he better do a better job of...

New pictures. Okay so still not the best pictures of the australorp but I snapped a couple of it and another of the buff orpington. Maybe this will help with the mystery if we get a few better looks.

I saw on here somewhere that someone hooked up a webcam in the coop. It seems like it might be pretty entertaining. I have a very small, dark coop so it would be a bit of a problem for me.

The one in the middle is actually the sex link. The australorp is the one on the right in the picture of all three. I am still trying to get a better profile picture of the australorp, but like I mentioned before she doesn't like the camera as much as the other two. I think the buff and the...

The thing is the crowing has only happened three mornings in the last 3 weeks. That is why I was wondering if I have a hen that thinks crowing is fun. I figured by now I would at the very least be getting the crowing most mornings if not throughout the entire day until one day I go out to...

Well I think they know I plan to get rid of one if it is a rooster because again today I was ready to catch the crower and they all just walked down the ramp into the run without a peak. I will have to go in and grab them. They all pretty much sound and act like they are going to be put into a...

I thought all of mine would lay brown eggs, so I don't know if I would be able to figure out who laid it unless I spy more than I already do. I'm glad everyone seems to love a good mystery, I have received a lot more feedback on this than I ever thought I would. If I lived out in the country...