Buff Orpington gender help

[daveedmunds]

Oh god, neighbours won't be happy if there's 4 Roos crowing. Hehe

thank you cowgirl

 

[ChickyChickens]

Oh god, neighbours won't be happy if there's 4 Roos crowing. Hehe

thank you cowgirl

I luckily live on farm

 

[Cowgirl71]

Oh god, neighbours won't be happy if there's 4 Roos crowing. Hehe

thank you cowgirl

You're welcome. Best of luck rehoming them. Or butchering them, that's a tasty option too. It's usually optimal to wait until they're bigger, at least 16 weeks old, but they would be quite tender at this age. Just don't expect them to be as meaty as the Cornish Rock chickens at the grocery store, they are "real" chickens, not scientific franken-chickens.

 

[daveedmunds]

My parents live on a farm and would love these for their collection, I could always keep 1 for food

 

[BantamLover21]

So they're three months old, correct?

I've raised quite a few Buff Orps. In the first pic, pullet on the left, roo in the middle, roo on the right. Second pic, front center and back center are pullets, back right is a roo, and I think back left is a roo too (based on feathering), but I can't see his head (i.e. comb and wattles) to be sure. Third pic, far left is a pullet, and the three lined up in front of her with red combs are all roos.

Basically at three months old the ones with red comb/wattles are roos. The ones that have very small pale comb/wattles are pullets. The pullets won't get red comb/wattles until they're about to start laying, at 17-20+ weeks.

x2

 

[Wyandottes7]

So they're three months old, correct?

I've raised quite a few Buff Orps. In the first pic, pullet on the left, roo in the middle, roo on the right. Second pic, front center and back center are pullets, back right is a roo, and I think back left is a roo too (based on feathering), but I can't see his head (i.e. comb and wattles) to be sure. Third pic, far left is a pullet, and the three lined up in front of her with red combs are all roos.

Basically at three months old the ones with red comb/wattles are roos. The ones that have very small pale comb/wattles are pullets. The pullets won't get red comb/wattles until they're about to start laying, at 17-20+ weeks.

X3 on this advice.

 

[Rooster1918]

See a few Roos in there

 

[HighStreetCoop]

Based on comb and wattle development, I would say all three in the back of this shot are cockerels.