8 week old Buff Oripington Sexing

[Lin_0330]

Hello, I am new to this form and this is my first post.
I have a almost 8 week old buff oripington and he has very red comb but no tail. I just want to make sure if he is really a he.
And when will the buff oripington start to crow? I have a 16 weeks old silkie male which just started crowing in the morning but remain silence during the day which is bearable. I don't want my silkie to be trigger by other male chciken crowing and become crowing all day so I want to slaughter it before he starts to crow.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

At this age, that's a cockerel. If your silkie is already crowing, he's currently more alpha than the orpington, as a result, your orpington shouldn't start crowing until he feels confident in an attempted coup of the older cockerel.

 

[Lin_0330]

Thank you so much ^_^

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Cockerel

 

[Jetblack2004]

Handsome cockerel