*Buff Orpington Thread!*

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I know it's early, but would anyone care to venture  guess.... pullet or roo? My six week old BO.  I ordered three from Murray McMurray Hatchery but when I picked them up at the post office the entire box of chicks was ice cold and I lost 6 out of 16 including two of the BOs!!!  It was incredibly sad.  so imam really hoping that my one remaining BO is a female.  I ordered sexed chicks but I know there is error in that process.

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dharmasister said:
I know it's early, but would anyone care to venture guess.... pullet or roo? My six week old BO. I ordered three from Murray McMurray Hatchery but when I picked them up at the post office the entire box of chicks were ice cold and I lost 6 out od 16 including two of the BOs!!! It was incredibly sad. so imam really hoping that my one remaining BO is a female. I ordered sexed chicks but I know there is error in that process.





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Something similar happened to me: lost 9 out of 15.
Hard to tell for sure right now but I'd guess pullet.
 
dharmasister said:
I know it's early, but would anyone care to venture guess.... pullet or roo? My six week old BO. I ordered three from Murray McMurray Hatchery but when I picked them up at the post office the entire box of chicks was ice cold and I lost 6 out of 16 including two of the BOs!!! It was incredibly sad. so imam really hoping that my one remaining BO is a female. I ordered sexed chicks but I know there is error in that process.





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Hard to tell - still very early. I would guess pullet, though. Thin legs and insiginficant comb growth.

Good luck!
 
Johnn said:
Sad/happy story. Went to the hens last night and Bella's mother came up the field with her two big chicks but the little girl was missing. I looked in all the sheds for her, but there was no sign of her. Something just clicked and I thought "rat trap". I went and lifted one of the boards it was under and I could see her little foot. I then saw she was breathing so I like ripped them all off and she was being attacked by loads of bugs and ants. I got her out of the trap and and wiped the ants off and they started biting me!! She was a bit wobbly and wasn't eating, so I cleaned the broody shed out and put her and her mother in and locked the two big chicks out. It was an instant kill rat trap and it was on her neck so I don't know how it didn't snap her neck. Went up today and she was scoffing meal worms and is now back out with the rest of the flock!! She is so so lucky to have survived that!
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Wow ! Thank goodness you thought to look there, poor baby. So glad she's ok.
 
Bella's boy
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He also decided it would be a good idea to try and mate auntie Daisy when she wasn't looking! She wasn't amused, at all. She screamed, saw it was him, beat him up, chased him and he ran and hid behind Bella which was pointless because Bella is below Daisy!
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