Buff Orpingtons or Buff Plymouth Rocks?

[punky rooster]

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[Cowgirl71]

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Some mature later than others. How old is yours? Some won't crow until they're eight months old, or even later if there's a mature rooster keeping everyone in line.

 

[Count Orloff]

It is about 6 months old right now. I am positive that all the other ones are all hens.

 

[Count Orloff]

I took some pictures of the chicken in question:

So the consensus is that this is a Black Sex-Link rooster? I am estimating it is between 6 and 7 months old. It is not crowing, but it is definitely at the top of the pecking order. Also, what do you think that black pullet in the foreground is? Black Australorp? Black Jersey Giant? She resembled a sparrow when I got her. She had two bad cases of botulism and was almost completely paralyzed, but I took her inside, fed her electrolytes, and she pulled through both times. She is very healthy now.

 

[Cowgirl71]

That's definitely a Black Sex-Link rooster. Got any better pics of the black pullet? Is it the one behind or in front of the rooster in the third pic?

 

[Count Orloff]

I will try to get a better picture of her. She does have some white speckles on her chest and a white spot near each ear lobe.

 

[donrae]

Def a nice black sex-link roo. Mine just got a stay of execution when our older ee roo started getting aggressive with the hens. I'm excited to get babies from him next year, he'll throw fifty-fifty barred birds

Your black hen is not an Australorp, but I don't know what she is. Better pics will help.

And for what it's worth, I don't see any more roosters, just hens.

 

[punky rooster]

yes BSL roo