Buff Orpington 14 weeks pullet/cockerel?

[NewJourney]

My buff orpington is 14 weeks old. I think it's a pullet because so little comb and wattle development but it has the marks where the spurs will start forming and it has the funny eyebrows that roosters get. I've never seen it this prominent in a pullet before, but I'm new to raising chickens.

This is the best photo I could get yesterday. I know it's blurry, I'm sorry. It jumpt up on my lap and I couldn't get my phone far enough away to get clear photos of it. LOL

Have you seen wild eyebrow feathers on a pullet?


I have two that I got in the same batch of chickens from a local farm store that orders through Privett Hatchery. They both are growing at the same rate, and have very little difference in comb and wattle development. One has a tad more development but nothing significant enough to note. One is slightly darker than the other, and one has more of that waist crease (? don't know how to describe it) in the feathers than the other. One is much more likely to come sit on my lap than the other. Unfortunately, we've noticed that it tends to be the cockerels that are more friendly as youngin's. I sure hope this is a pullet. But, again, I'm new to raising chickens and this is my first set of orpingtons.

These photos are from April 9th, they were about 6 weeks old:


The one in question is the middle of the three chickens (leftmost orpington). The leftmost chicken is our EE pullet. The additional leftmost in the upper photo is what we believe to be our rumpless EE cockerel. If he were a human, he would be considered "special needs". We call him Eddie. He's a cutie.

I'm interested in your thoughts about the orpington. Thanks!

 

[sourland]

All three birds in the last picture are pullets.

 

[nuthatched]

Eyebrows and spurbuds don't mean anything. Pullet
Both genders have spurbuds and females often have spurs.

 

[SandyRiverChick]

I get all of my chicks from Privett and I've had several BO's. All looked like yours. In short, yes Pullets.

 

[NewJourney]

Thank you, all. That's wonderful to hear! Yay. We want to have some broody hens so it looks like we should be able to have some now that we have these Orpingtons. I hear they have a tendency to go broody.

 

[SandyRiverChick]

Thank you, all. That's wonderful to hear! Yay. We want to have some broody hens so it looks like we should be able to have some now that we have these Orpingtons. I hear they have a tendency to go broody.

Mine sure do !! Good luck.

 

[GlicksChicks]

Very much pullet. BOs grow combs very fast as cockerels. Here is a picture of my BO cockerel when he was 10 weeks old. Him and his brother are identical with comb growth. My hens are like yours.