14 week old Buff Orpington

[Rosanelda]

What do you think? I am a new chicken owner one of my 5 has a bigger and redder comb. The last pic is to compare my chickens.

 

[nuthatched]

At 5 months, it could be a cockerel or about to lay. Can you get full body picture?

 

[sourland]

A free standing profile shot would be better for gender ID, but I am fairly sure that is a cockerel if indeed it is only 14 weeks old.

 

[Rosanelda]

At 5 months, it could be a cockerel or about to lay. Can you get full body picture?

 

[Rosanelda]

At 5 months, it could be a cockerel or about to lay. Can you get full body picture?

 

[thecatumbrella]

I'm leaning cockerel, and I don't normally like to do that. I've had a girl with lots of wattle around that age, but her comb was not that enlarged. Hold out a little longer if you were planning to rehome any males. You don't know for sure until you do! Chickens will fool you.

 

[nuthatched]

I don't see anything that screams cockerel but that comb and wattles is awful mature

 

[ChickenChick46]

I'm thinking cockerel on this one too.

 

[PrettyBirdRocky]

Im not seeing male specific feathering though lol and that throws me off like generally speaking saddles come in around 12 weeks? That rump looks smooth lol and every cockerel of mine was crowing by then, any crows? Whether nice sounding or not?

Hopefully in a week you'll have a crow or an egg lol

(One of our BOs and BAs laid between 15-16 weeks so could be pullet still) good luck!

 

[Rosanelda]

Im not seeing male specific feathering though lol and that throws me off like generally speaking saddles come in around 12 weeks? That rump looks smooth lol and every cockerel of mine was crowing by then, any crows? Whether nice sounding or not?

Hopefully in a week you'll have a crow or an egg lol

(One of our BOs and BAs laid between 15-16 weeks so could be pullet still) good luck!

No crowing that I’ve heard