Buff Orpington

[ShaneZ]

I bought about 7 Buffs. All were suppose to be hens. All 4 weeks old. I wanted one rooster so I went out and bought one this lady assured me was a rooster. She held it by its neck and it squirmed so she said it was a rooster. It is the larger one now 6 weeks old. I plan on keeping 5 hens and one rooster in my flock. So the reason I ask is, I would like the hens and roosters to grow up together. I would like to get a young rooster as soon as possible. I hate to run out and keep buying chicks just to have to give then away later if I am pretty sure I already have a rooster. I am just not that good to tell what I got till it crows or lays an egg lol

 

[sourland]

The larger bird looks like a pullet to me, but one of the smaller chicks is very likely a cockerel.

 

[ShaneZ]

Thanks so much sourland. I will hold off another couple weeks before I run out buying more in hopes of getting a male then. I'll see how that one looks by then.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Yeah, the older bird is a pullet. I see one cockerel in the younger birds, maybe two.

 

[ShaneZ]

Just to update while I am here. The one did turn out to be a rooster. The rest were hens. 6 hens and one rooster. Just what I wanted.