5 week old Orpington chicks.

MichiganGirls

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Aug 6, 2022
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Anyone want to help me with some chicks? Just some educated guesses would be good, not expecting to be 100% certain, of course.

They were hatched on June 30th, and I took these pics on August 4th, so exactly 5 weeks. They are supposed to be Jubilee Orpingtons, but the woman who gave them to us also had other chickens, and I’m pretty sure she was keeping the ones she thought would hatch into nice birds. Fine by us, we just wanted to experience hatching and add some babies.

We had chicks before, but mostly from Pullet bins and a couple that just ended up being girls anyway. So, we’re trying to find the roos, like everyone else. We’re ok with keeping one, but we’ll see. Sometimes I look at them and think they are all cockerels. It’s like my eyes are tricking me, so I need some help.

I had to hold them to get good pics. Sorry about the hand!

Also sorry for the photo dump!
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I would like to say only 2 is a boy and maybe 7 but the rest are girls! but definitely not 100% sure! number 1 has the most beautiful eyes!
I have my suspicions about 7. That’s the one I think is most likely to switch on me. It’s big, like the one I KNOW is a boy. Tree trunk legs. And it just has this, demeanor about it. I don’t know how to describe it. But cocky, kinda lol.
 

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