Buff Orpingtons....male or female?!!!

[MIKE555444]

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I'm not sure. The lighting in the picture is a lot more washed out than he is IRL. He is much more upright than the others though. I traded either the first or the third with a coworker. She gave me one of her layers. I was planning on keeping the second roo, but should I keep one of the others instead?

When you compare the green in the photos I bet it is just the light.

 

[classless chickens]

How old are they? Roosters hold their tales higher than hens, I am not sure you can compare any of these because they all look like roos. Sorry.

 

[FluffyColor]

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Hen,roo,hen................

 

[aggieterpkatie]

I'm not sure how old they are. I got them at an auction. It was hard to tell what they were because they were in 1 cage together. I thought they were 3 hens and a roo.

I just traded the bird in the first pic with a coworker. I got a black star hen in return. They definitely have pointed saddle feathers. I think they may be young roos.

 

[classless chickens]

Time will tell. My only 2 b-o's were both roosters that I gave away and asked the same questions, then they started crowing...that is the giveaway. I know its hard to just wait and see. I had to do it myself.

 

[HenMaster]

#3 looks like a hermaphidite, have you ever given that any thought?

 

[chemie]

I just bought a "Ready to Lay Buff Orpington Hen" at an auction and 3 people have told me it might be a roo.

Thoughts?

 

[catdaddyfro]

All three are roos.

 

[Stefrobrts]

I see pointy saddle feathers on all three of the OPs birds, and on this more recent one pictures in the coop. Looks like a lot of roos to me.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

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There's no "might" about it. That bird is a cockerel. The OP's birds are all cockerels as well.