17 week old Buff Orpington, help with sexing please

[corriewobbles]

Hi! I'm new to the forum. At the risk of sounded really dumb (or clueless lol) I literally have no idea if this is a roo or hen. I thought roo for a long time, but now i'm wondering if he/she should be more 'rooish' by now? My broody hen hatched them for me so i know the age is right. The plymouth rock that was from the same batch of eggs is definately a roo. The black orpington i'm pretty sure is a hen, but the buff??? Heres some pics...

About a month old i think

Today

All help gratefully received

Trina x

 

[harewizard]

Beautiful Birds!

Love the pic of them in on the setee!!

I believe your B.O is a Roo. At 17 weeks my BO barely had anything.

Lisa

 

[ChickieBooBoo]

I'm guessing a roo too, he doesnt have the long tail or hackle feathers but he's still young...

 

[Happy Chooks]

Hmmmm, tough one. By 17 weeks you'd expect to see saddle feathers. The hackle feathers look to be pointy. I'm leaning towards roo.

 

[noodleroo]

I'm going to go with a little girl. I don't see any sign of pointy feathers back there but as mentioned before, he's still young. My BO roo is HUGE. My official guess is pullet.

 

[PhlyinPheBee]

 

[aghiowa]

My guess is roo, because this is what my 17 week old BO pullet looked like:

Much less in the way of comb and tail...

Of course, my experience with chickens is far from vast.

Welcome!
Angela

 

[Lbrad7]

Looks like a roo to me.

 

[corriewobbles]

Thanks for all the replies and welcomes! I had a feeling the majority would say roo. I suppose i just have to wait til he cock a doodle doos to be sure. Really hoping 'he' is just a masculine hen. Ah well, as long as theres no fighting between him and my plymouth rock they will both stay with me (they'd better behave themselves, i don't want to have to choose which one to keep

)

Thanks again

Trina x

 

[Firearia]

Mind posting a real close view of his wing feathers? I think I see sheen but I can't tell.