Boys or girls?

See the difference in the color pattern

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Next up, gold laced wyandottes 5 months. Should be 1 roo 1 hen, but they look nearly the same to me. Couple of dudes?
The Wyandottes both look like males to me.

Edited to add:
because of those skinny saddle feathers just in front of their tails. Not the wide rounded feathers that are seen in the photo of a hen that was recently posted.

I'm new to chickens (and awful so far). These are my 2 buff orps 16 weeks and are both supposed to be hens, but no way these are the same gender. Thoughts?
For the buff two, at 16 weeks, I'm not sure.

Have the combs been different sizes for a long time? If yes, probably one male (big comb) and one female (small comb).

If the combs were both small for a long time, and one just got big, you might have one female getting close to ready to lay (big comb) and one female that is developing more slowly (small comb).

So I'm not really sure on those two.

(And yes, I looked for skinny male saddle feathers, but couldn't decide if they were present or not: hard to see feather shape on solid colored birds, especially fluffy ones.)
 
The Wyandottes both look like males to me.

Edited to add:
because of those skinny saddle feathers just in front of their tails. Not the wide rounded feathers that are seen in the photo of a hen that was recently posted.


For the buff two, at 16 weeks, I'm not sure.

Have the combs been different sizes for a long time? If yes, probably one male (big comb) and one female (small comb).

If the combs were both small for a long time, and one just got big, you might have one female getting close to ready to lay (big comb) and one female that is developing more slowly (small comb).

So I'm not really sure on those two.

(And yes, I looked for skinny male saddle feathers, but couldn't decide if they were present or not: hard to see feather shape on solid colored birds, especially fluffy ones.)
I've had them for about 6 weeks and the one had a comb upon arrival, but it only started getting larger and red in the last week or two.
 
I've had them for about 6 weeks and the one had a comb upon arrival, but it only started getting larger and red in the last week or two.
Hmm. In that case, I think it's a little more likely that they are both females, but I really do not feel confident about that.

Since you've only had them for about 6 weeks, there is some chance of them being older or younger than you were told, which could tip things either direction. Also, Buff Orpingtons are known for maturing slowly, which could make it more likely that big-comb is male after all.

Sorry to be wishy-washy and unhelpful here.

There was a for sure hen in their group that looked different. These two just look so similar in both color and size with the only difference being one has a flat comb on top but I'm very confident the other is all rooster.
Wyandottes are supposed to have rose combs (the flat one), but it is fairly common for them to produce some chicks with single combs (the taller one). Either comb type can appear in either sex, and I think both combs are big enough and red enough to belong to males.
 

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