Buff Orp pullets, maybe not UPDATED NEW PIX pg2

[hooligan]

Ok, so I took these pix today to get a better idea of the sex of these birdies. I picked them up at Atwoods on 2/29 so they are 2 months old.

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#3 California White Leghorn

 

[greenmulberry]

They have bigger combs and wattles than my pullets that came in 2/26.

 

[sweet_peeps]

I'm not an expert at all but at 2 months wouldn't
everything be bigger if they were male?

 

[Dotty]

I also have two 9wk old orp pullets and their combs are not as dark or as large as yours.

 

[menkot]

If they are not roos then they are doing a great job pretending. You can't really compare a leghorn comb with an orp comb. Leghorns have much bigger combs than an orp and develop earlier. My two orp pullets are about a week behind yours and barely have a comb and it is still yellowish looking... no pink to them at all. My orps are blue/buff mixed but here is a picture of my boys and then next is my girl. You can see the difference in the combs. Notice my girl does not even hardly have wattles at this point.

 

[hooligan]

Oh, well I was wanting to know if my CWL was a pullet as well

I say girl but you never know

 

[menkot]

Only thing I know about leghorns is what I read on here lol. Just to make it a three for all I will say roo.

So there!!


Orps are good dual purpose birds though and if it makes you feel better I ended up with 4 of the little manly boogers out of 6.

 

[4-H chicken mom]

They are pullets. At this age they would have visible hackle feathers if they were roos. I have buff hens and one of mine has a huge comb you would think was a roo.

 

[hooligan]

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You think so, at 2 months they would have them already?