This is my black Orpington. I thought she was a hen. Now I know why she hasn't laid any eggs yet. She is 8 months old. To me she looks like a big fat hen. I picked her up this morning and she must weigh 10 pounds. She's huge. I thought roos were always very colorful. She fooled me. Plus the person I bought her from sold her to me as a pullet. She has been mounting the other hens for two weeks. I guess she was just warming up for the crow.
He/she looks like a hen to me too, except the tail looks a little roosterish. It seems like I read somewhere where hens can crow. I am guessing there are no eggs yet? I am betting someone here with more experience than I can tell you what is going on with your little girl/boy but I am wondering if Black Orps like Chocolates develop more slowly than Buffs? Our Buff roo was crowing at 7 weeks and our Buff pullets started laying at 23 weeks. Our Chocolates are still peeping like very young chicks at 16 weeks and the one that I think might be a roo is still feathering up.
She really does look like a hen in this pic.
Here is another picture of my Black Orpington. It is really much blacker then the picture and has a lot of green in it's feathers also.
I think a girl but sometimes Oringtons can be slow maturing. Hopefully she will be a she in the end! And yes crowing and mounting can occur in females when there is no dominant male...
Here is another picture of my Black Orpington. It is really much blacker then the picture and has a lot of green in it's feathers also.
get an incubator, maybe you can get a few chicks
Pretty or should I say handsome?
