buff orpington gender

[hypnofrogstevie]

At what age can you sex buff orpingtons? They turned 1 month old on feb 3rd and 4th

 

[texaschickmama]

When we got ours, 14 of them, they were 11 wks old. We could definately tell that we had one roo, that's what we wanted.

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

so maybe sometime next month

. I have lots of orpington orders from people and dont want them to wait.

 

[hinkjc]

Post some pics..sometimes you can tell by 4-5 weeks.

Jody

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

I will post tomorrow morning. I have someone comming over to take the roos off my hands.

 

[sara]

My last little buff orp cockerel that hatched I could tell almost from the day he hatched. Of course it helps that all I can hatch are roosters. Here is a pic of him at 5 weeks old. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=30850
I don't know if that helps you at all.

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

Almost helps. the top comps are still a orangish/white