Buff orpington gender

[carriebain]

I bought "her" when she was a couple of weeks old. I'm hatching more orpingtons so will hopefully will have a handful to choose from. I'm gonna try to get more pictures

 

[RoostersCrow HensDeliver!]

Oh SORRY! I thought for some reason that you were looking to buy her

 

[carriebain]

I never questioned her gender until her comb turned bright red so fast

 

[Lady of McCamley]

I never questioned her gender until her comb turned bright red so fast

I'd wait it out until he/she either crows or lays an egg...I'm still not seeing slam dunk roo as those are not spiky feathers at her cushion/saddle area but round fluff I'd expect to see on a developing hen...that comb brightening at 17 weeks could be a hen coming into laying age....my precocious girl did the same thing.

Keeping my fingers crossed for you.
Lady of McCamley

 

[carriebain]

Thanks again!

 

[carriebain]

Will a rooster do a submission squat? The orp in question just squat when I reached for her!

 

[Lady of McCamley]

Will a rooster do a submission squat? The orp in question just squat when I reached for her!

No...that would be an egg squat for mating...she's submitting to you...the egg squat is a tell tale sign of a pullet getting ready to lay.

Lady of McCamley

 

[sourland]

Either she is an early maturing pullet or is there a possibility that you might be off as to her age? The squat says pullet for sure.

 

[carriebain]

Here is a picture of when I first brought her home. She was supposed to be about 2 weeks old. Does it look like the correct age in the picture?

 

[Chicks Galore3]

ETA - didn't read the squatting post. Hmm. Then maybe it IS a pullet!