Buff Orp. Is this a roo?

[coo coo dad]

just go ahead and put it on you plate and eat it

 

[Tracemiester]

Na... I'll use it to bug my neighbor for a week or so when/if it starts crowing. I'm sick of his loud music and parties at night. Then its time for chicken dinner I suppose.

Thanks all! I'm thinkin' roo too, but, this is my first time rasing chickens. A good learning experience none the less.

 

[TwoCrows]

No one should eat Buff Orpington!

 

[WooingWyandotte]

Cock a doodle dooooooo!

 

[technodoll]

Hold on - if the one in question is the last one in the back of the group shot, where are the saddle and hackle feathers?

All I see are 3 buff orp hens

 

[sourland]

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I'm going to buck the majority and go with technodoll. Other than slightly enlarged wattles and comb I see no other secondary sex characteristics of a cockerel. I think it is a pullet that is maturing somewhat more rapidly than the others.

 

[rarely bored]

She looks girl to me...

 

[Melissa2173]

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I agree. This is my 7 week old that everyone says is a rooster.

 

[kentuckysilkies]

I think you have three pullets. The comb and wattles on one is more pronounced, but the development does not look like that of a roo to me. The comb has very small tight points. In a male they are thicker and spread farther apart.

 

[AUChick9202]

Did the comb and wattles only recently develop? If so, I say you have a pullet that is just maturing faster than the others. My experience with roos is that you see the red combs and wattles very early.....my roo's developed at 3-4 weeks