Buff Orpington - What gender is this?

[daughter99]

How can he be a hen when he has pointy saddle feathers?

Well, regardless of the saddle feathers, a rooster at that age should be developing larger and curved tail feathers. You see more of a pointed tail feathers instead of that characteristic curved tail feathers.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Well, regardless of the saddle feathers, a rooster at that age should be developing larger and curved tail feathers. You see more of a pointed tail feathers instead of that characteristic curved tail feathers.

In my opinion, tail feathers aren't as accurate in sexing as saddle feathers. Hens cannot have pointy saddle feathers, so that means he has to be a rooster.

 

[jvls1942]

it is a rooster.
how can you tell how thick the legs are from a
tiny picture without a hen standing there to compare ?
I raised hundreds of BO . that is a rooster.
I can tell hens from roosters when they are a week old if they are walking around in front of me.
when it lays an egg, I will admit I am wrong

...jiminwisc......

 

[meetthebubus]

not to beat the point over the head, bc i know i could be wrong, but i wanted to post another pic of Roo at 3 months old, so you can see what i'm comparing my opinion on
Roo 3 1/2 months

 

[debid]

not to beat the point over the head, bc i know i could be wrong, but i wanted to post another pic of Roo at 3 months old, so you can see what i'm comparing my opinion on
Roo 3 1/2 months
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That's a bit like saying a flat chested teen girl is a boy because you had Ds at that age. Individuals mature at different rates.

It is a cockerel, without a doubt, because the saddle/hackle feathers are male-specific. He's just a late bloomer.

 

[meetthebubus]

That's a bit like saying a flat chested teen girl is a boy because you had Ds at that age. Individuals mature at different rates.

It is a cockerel, without a doubt, because the saddle/hackle feathers are male-specific. He's just a late bloomer.

that's not what i'm saying

when a human is born we don't say it has boobs to say its a girl, you look somewhere a bit south of there.
its different for chickens

i was just giving the original poster a comparison, to show why i'm saying pullet, i also am saying i could be wrong,i'm sure they will come to their own conclusion

 

[daughter99]

That's a bit like saying a flat chested teen girl is a boy because you had Ds at that age. Individuals mature at different rates.

It is a cockerel, without a doubt, because the saddle/hackle feathers are male-specific. He's just a late bloomer.

Well, what you're saying can make sense in some cases, but based off of that reasoning, a tomboy-ish girl must be a boy since she has short hair, no?

 

[debid]

Well, what you're saying can make sense in some cases, but based off of that reasoning, a tomboy-ish girl must be a boy since she has short hair, no?

Huh? I'm not the one who said it's a pullet because my rooster developed younger.

The feathers this chicken has are a secondary sex trait. It's not a maybe at this point.

 

[lilmarie84]

It looks like you have a roo he just not as old as you think he may be would be my guess

my boy is 5 months he started crowing at 13 weeks and he has had his comb and waddles since he was 10 weeks

 

[Parront]

I think different strains could mature a different rates. I had Buff Orpingtins for ~5 years in the 80's and those were difficult for me to tell until about 6 months old, they did not put on weight until well after the hens started laying, and they were the least annoying of the breeds I had back then. I believe that some breeders select for early maturity and have been successful in some lines.