Boy or girl??

[PhoebeMay]

I’m pretty darn certain the one with the red cone/waddles (standing in the background) is a rooster but I’m keeping my fingers crossed the other is still a pullet...if not the feed store was 100% wrong on all the baby chicks I got this spring They are 6wk old Lavender Orpingtons. What do y’all think?

 

[Northwest_Wannabe]

Feedstores are rarely right about genders unfortunately, and hatcheries only have an 80% success rate or so. Looks like you do have a cockerel in the background there, and most likely the other is a pullet but update in a few weeks just in case!

 

[VeryHappyHens]

I’m pretty darn certain the one with the red cone/waddles (standing in the background) is a rooster but I’m keeping my fingers crossed the other is still a pullet...if not the feed store was 100% wrong on all the baby chicks I got this spring They are 6wk old Lavender Orpingtons. What do y’all think?

1 is a boy and the other is a girl

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Feed stores get their birds from hatcheries which have a 90% accuracy rate, which means a cockerel can sneak through. You do have one of each, a cockerel and probably a pullet.

 

[The Moonshiner]

They look like feed store lavender Orpingtons to me.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

I agree, they aren't show quality, but the have the main characteristics of a lavender orpington.

 

[PhoebeMay]

Well I’m glad that it appears one of them is a girl! I’m in town & not supposed to have a rooster so now the dilemma will be rehoming, which will be tough because we love them all so much! My poor kiddo is heartbroken.

 

[dct10]

Well I’m glad that it appears one of them is a girl! I’m in town & not supposed to have a rooster so now the dilemma will be rehoming, which will be tough because we love them all so much! My poor kiddo is heartbroken.

Don't fret just yet. They both look like pullets to me based on the tail length. We have 2 Lav Orps and they looked exactly like those at that stage. One developed her comb and waddles much sooner (like 2 months sooner) than the other despite being from the same clutch. Even if one turns out being a Roo he may be a quiet gentleman. Foster good relationships with your neighbors and promise them some eggs when they're ready. Roosters tend to only crow in the AM and they are no noisier than dogs. Shouldn't be a huge problem unless someone complains to code enforcement.

 

[Mamatomany123]

Don't fret just yet. They both look like pullets to me based on the tail length. We have 2 Lav Orps and they looked exactly like those at that stage. One developed her comb and waddles much sooner (like 2 months sooner) than the other despite being from the same clutch. Even if one turns out being a Roo he may be a quiet gentleman. Foster good relationships with your neighbors and promise them some eggs when they're ready. Roosters tend to only crow in the AM and they are no noisier than dogs. Shouldn't be a huge problem unless someone complains to code enforcement.

You can not tell sex by looking at the tail this young. At 6 weeks old the one in the back is 100% a cockerel. Hens do not turn that red until they are close to laying.

Also, roosters do not only crow in the morning. Maybe you'll get a snowflake one who does but most,especially juveniles, crow all day. And not sure where you live but it illegal for me to have my dog barking outside all day also.

 

[Painted Calls]

Can we get an update OP? I have a sneaking suspicion they were both cockerels. If not, that pullet was quick to develop.