Are theese all females?

[Alex S]

So the feed store said they should all be female Buff Orpingtons. But I just want to be 100% sure there female.

I can get better pictures if needed

 

[The Moonshiner]

I had to giggle by what the feed store said looking at the picture. Did they do a full dna testing on all 3 to tell they were female or did they ask the psychic dog in the back?

My psychic dog says they're all female's but he does admit he would feel more assured about that if he had an article of theirs that he could touch. Without that he is comfortable saying he's at 90% sure also.
And he wanted me to add their lucky numbers are 5, 14 and 37.

 

[Painted Calls]

Post updated pics, showing comb and wattles, at 6 weeks.

 

[Mellowmalt]

So the feed store said they should all be female Buff Orpingtons. But I just want to be 100% sure there female.

I can get better pictures if needed

I had to giggle by what the feed store said looking at the picture. Did they do a full dna testing on all 3 to tell they were female or did they ask the psychic dog in the back?

You won't be able to tell until at least 4 weeks old. They are adorable though!

 

[MountainWoman73]

Just to give a little more info -- sexed female chicks at a feed store are usually around 80-90% female. So if you buy 10 chicks, it's normal for one or two to be male. This is because the chicks are vent-sexed, which isn't 100% accurate even when done by professionals, and at a big hatchery they'd be doing it really fast. Store employees aren't always aware of this. They just know the chicks are labeled as 'sexed female' and think that means 100%. The only exception would be if the chicks are a breed with sex-linked traits (the males and females look different right away). In that case they should, in theory, be 100% female. But, buff orpingtons aren't sex linked birds, so you'll have to wait. Hope that helps, and good luck.

 

[AmeliaBedelia]

You won't be able to tell until at least 4 weeks old. They are adorable though!

 

[Mamatomany123]

They said theres a 10% chance of them being roos.. so I assume a DNA test

No, they vent sex them. Vent sexing is never 100% which is why they don't guarantee girls.

 

[Mamatomany123]

The last time I got chicks the employee working the chick room assured me she was great at wing feather sexing, so "these are all girls!" I pointed out that doesn't work for most breeds, and that since they get their chicks from the big hatcheries they've already been vent sexed. She was adamant she was right. I just told her to not grab any friendly, assertive or very upright standing chicks because my method of sexing is to avoid those traits, since they can be associated with male chicks.

A breeder I bought day old chicks from sexed them by the size of their combs I pick the ones that run from you screaming and stick to the corners. Hasnt failed me yet

 

[sourland]

They said theres a 10% chance of them being roos.. so I assume a DNA test

Nope, vent sexed which is generally 90% reliable unless the sexer has a hangover.

 

[Lucy Brown]

You can follow up on their genders about a month later