Buff Orpington Rooster? Please Help!!

[CatUT]

This is my 2nd year raising buff orpingtons. I've gotten a rooster each year. The way I've been able to figure out which one is a rooster is that at about 6 weeks the roosters seem to stop developing for about a week. The comb also develops faster then the hens. That being said, I do have a hen that every one asks me if it is a rooster. It has a huge comb and it definitely the leader of the flock. However, she lays eggs and doesn't crow.

 

[chickenlover89]

This is my 2nd year raising buff orpingtons. I've gotten a rooster each year. The way I've been able to figure out which one is a rooster is that at about 6 weeks the roosters seem to stop developing for about a week. The comb also develops faster then the hens. That being said, I do have a hen that every one asks me if it is a rooster. It has a huge comb and it definitely the leader of the flock. However, she lays eggs and doesn't crow.

thank you, so if my buff orp chick stops developing for a week, it is probably a rooster? would you guess hen or rooster right now? thanks so much.

 

[CatUT]

I would have to compare it to the others. I don't know if my method is really a good one, but it's worked for me twice. My roosters were fully feathered later than the others but the comb was more developed than the others. It's weird.

 

[chickenlover89]

I would have to compare it to the others. I don't know if my method is really a good one, but it's worked for me twice. My roosters were fully feathered later than the others but the comb was more developed than the others. It's weird.

thanks.

 

[TXchickmum]

okay, do you know what two toned is though?

does anybody else have any guesses as to sex?

As per your pic at 6 weeks, I'd say it looks more like a pullet than a cockerel. -does have a very pink comb, but not much wattle development. -looks like all of my pullets at 6 weeks. That being said, I've never had Buff Orpingtons - until a few weeks ago. -so, not certain what the differences would be in the breeds.....and I, like you, am still perplexed about the two-toned comment. My two chicks definitely have more than one shade of tan in their feathering, but I don't know if this is what hdowden was referencing. -still curious about that...

 

[chickenlover89]

As per your pic at 6 weeks, I'd say it looks more like a pullet than a cockerel. -does have a very pink comb, but not much wattle development. -looks like all of my pullets at 6 weeks. That being said, I've never had Buff Orpingtons - until a few weeks ago. -so, not certain what the differences would be in the breeds.....and I, like you, am still perplexed about the two-toned comment. My two chicks definitely have more than one shade of tan in their feathering, but I don't know if this is what hdowden was referencing. -still curious about that...

thanks!

 

[13chooks]

roosters crow at any time of the day. mine go on and on sometimes. could be that they are just finding their voices though.

 

[chickenlover89]

roosters crow at any time of the day. mine go on and on sometimes. could be that they are just finding their voices though.

thank you.

 

[chickenlover89]

here is at 7.5 weeks old, I am starting to think girl, but don't want to get my hopes up!





(sorry it's blurry)

 

[chickenlover89]

am i getting my hopes up for thinking girl?