4 week old Lavender Orpingtons...Sexes?HELP!

[gitlost80]

Hi there. I have 5 Lavender Orpington Chicks that I need the sexes on.I actually have 10 all together, but Im only including the first 5 on here so it doesnt get too crowded. Thanks so much in advance!

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

 

[scbatz33]

1 st one probably, but they are still pretty young. Leg pics might help. Also what are they feathering out like? Girls generally feather faster than boys. BUT in lavenders, they can feather out very very slowly.

 

[pixiedouglas]

show us some leg!

 

[gitlost80]

Alrighty then...I gotta go round em up again and put them in the same order...

 

[gitlost80]

Here are the legs.I noticed are couple are pretty beefy compared to others.
1,2

3,4

5

#3 and 5 have thinner legs...
P.S. They all feathered the exact same way/rate,and still look identical in feathering!

 

[scbatz33]

I'm gonna stick with #1 being a boy. It's harder to guess on the other 4 but based solely on comb and legs at this point I'd say they are all pullets 2-5

 

[mcjessen]

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I'm with you. His beak is different that the others - thicker. My first guess when I saw the picture was roo. Couldn't tell any difference in the legs.

 

[gitlost80]

Alrighty. Thanks guys. Im keeping#3 and #5. I already have 6 other 3 week old Lavenders in the coop that came from HinkJc and you could tell at just a week old that there were 2 boys and 4 girls-2 had NO wing feathers for 2 weeks and they both have tall combs.Im keeping 5 girls and 1 boy. The rest will go on Craigslist soon. Now if I could just figure out which boy to keep:/

 

[jimmythechicken]

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keep the one with big feet you know what they say about roosters with big feet.

 

[chickenman98]

I'm gonna say #1 is a rooster and the rest are pullets