*Buff Orpington Thread!*

[collie1470]

Too cute!   And yes, she is a girl. Is your other BO chick as cuddly?

The other one who looks like a girl....well....she tolerates being held, but won't seek it. One of the boys is pretty cuddly,too.

The other 4 are too busy chest bumping for human attention lol.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

The other one who looks like a girl....well....she tolerates being held, but won't seek it. One of the boys is pretty cuddly,too.

The other 4 are too busy chest bumping for human attention lol.

Post pictures of all of them

(Girls will chest bump too)

 

[DreamsInPink]

Mine are still too young, but how do you know if they are male or female?

Collie1470
How do you get your babies so sweet?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I have been teaching my BO's tricks forever. I don't have any right now, only ISA browns. But I have 27 BO's coming next month...25 pullets and 2 cockerels. This is a pic of one of their tricks...

I somehow missed this one!
So like those curious Buffs, such sweethearts. Fun picture!

 

[abbevilleoz]

I have been teaching my BO's tricks forever. I don't have any right now, only ISA browns. But I have 27 BO's coming next month...25 pullets and 2 cockerels. This is a pic of one of their tricks...

You taught the to read!

 

[gypsy767]

Yes...I've had a lot of fun with that pic. it all started with me sitting on a bucket hand feeding them BOSS so I could handle my big roo and keep him gentle. One girl jumped up on my leg and soon they competed for those favored perches as soon as I sat down. One day I took a little book down there and had my wife stand just outside with the camera and the pic is the result. It does look like they are reading doesn't it.

[COLOR=0000CD]I somehow missed this one![/COLOR]
[COLOR=0000CD]So like those curious Buffs, such sweethearts. Fun picture![/COLOR]

 

[csaylorchickens]

 

[CuckooOrpington]

The other one who looks like a girl....well....she tolerates being held, but won't seek it. One of the boys is pretty cuddly,too.

The other 4 are too busy chest bumping for human attention lol.

There is always that one friendly one

 

[CuckooOrpington]

Mine are still too young, but how do you know if they are male or female?

Collie1470
How do you get your babies so sweet?

Chicks can be sexed from the age of 2 - 3 weeks depending on breed, or they can be vent/wing sexed from birth. At 3 weeks, the females will start growing a tail before the males. She will also have more feathers while as the cockerels may have bare backs or crops (in some breeds, including orpingtons). If you look at their comb and wattles, you will notice that the males have pink or red starting to show whereas females combs will be pale. Cockerels have thicker legs, though this is not reliable.

 

[collie1470]

Yeah, but I don't imagine girls have red combs by 4 weeks old lol.