Buff Orpington Male or Female?

[The Happster]

Orps are often pretty late layers. 7-9 months is pretty normal for mine.

She's got a nice big comb.

 

[SulkyBantam]

Here's another look at Jeff, my Buff Orpington. She (I'm assuming) is now around 7-months old (31 weeks) and I'm pretty sure she's still not laying. My other two (a Dominique and a Buckeye) give us 10-12 eggs per week and I've added a light in their run to give them 12ish hours of daylight (not planning on doing this in subsequent winters, but I just wanted to encourage Jeff to hurry up and lay).

Nothing to really worry about, yet, right? It's taking longer than I expected, but it's also an awkward time to start laying with the dark days fully upon us, right?

Orpington's can be late layers, no rush.
100% hen.
'Jeff'?

 

[ColtHandorf]

Jeff is still a girl. I've had pullets take eight months or more to lay.

 

[Chickenlover0810]

I would say that she is a girl, cause if she is that developed and she doesn't have any sickles or saddle feathers then I am 80 percent sure that she is a pullet

 

[Chickenlover0810]

WOW beautiful comb! its 50 50 for me, the head looks like it is a cockerel but the body looks like a pullet

 

[Painted Calls]

Gorgeous pullet. Love her name and her comb/wattles.

 

[constana]

Orpington's can be late layers, no rush.
100% hen.
'Jeff'?

Buff Orpington reminded us of our friend, Jeff Ortman, so we decided to name her after him. How ironic would it have been if Jeff actually turned out to be male?!?!

...seems like I just need to keep waiting for the eggs.

 

[chickenE]

@constana

Just curious, any eggs (or crowing)?

 

[constana]

9 months and counting. Asked the guys at the feed store and they said she'll start soon.

What's crowning?

 

[chickenE]

Did you mean crowning or crowing? Crowing is the sound a rooster makes (and occasionally hens too).

Hopefully eggs soon!