12 week old English Orpington

[chickfused]

Pullet, right? It's got HUGE thick legs. And it grew in it's comb and wattles like that (and that red) at 5 weeks. They have never increased in size, just stayed like this proportionally. No crowing. It's never faced off or fought with the other young roosters.

 

[Painted Calls]

Cockerel.

 

[chickfused]

Well hell. How do you know?

 

[Painted Calls]

Well hell. How do you know?

Age and development of comb and wattles.

 

[Painted Calls]

I believe I can see some male specific saddles peeking through on his back, too.

 

[chickfused]

I really thought it was a roo too, but had second guessed myself because it basically stopped developing. Thanks!

He's a pretty thing at least. Hopefully he'll get a few bucks at auction. Or maybe I'll keep him. All my other roos (barring one) are tiny breeds. This one's a unit.

 

[SilverBirds]

I agree, cock.

 

[Lemon-Drop]

Looks like a cockerel to me.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Pullet, right? It's got HUGE thick legs. And it grew in it's comb and wattles like that (and that red) at 5 weeks. They have never increased in size, just stayed like this proportionally. No crowing. It's never faced off or fought with the other young roosters.

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100% cockerel. I breed many varieties of English Orpingtons. That's unmistakably a male. He'll be gorgeous and very gentle when he's older. It's common for them not to crow until nine months. I have a six-month-old Recessive White cockerel now that hasn't crowed.

 

[Sussex19]

Cockerel