Buff Orpingtons. Pullets or Roos?

[dragonmorgan]

I have 3 BOs that are 3 weeks old and Im pretty sure one is a roo and one is a pullet but one seems to be caught in between. Any help would be appreciated.

This is the one Im sure is a roo. Hes not skittish AT ALL and he has an obviously bigger comb and red wattles (or is it waddles?). He feathered up so fast I was hopin it was a pullet but itd be the roosteresty pullet ever lol.


This is the one Im sure is a pullet. Small comb and wattles.


This is the one I dont know about. The comb seems bigger than the pullets but smaller than the roos and the wattles are small too. Its also pretty skittish.

 

[JosieChick]

I would say 1 is a cockerel, 2 is a pullet and 3 is a cockerel. #3 has quite a bit of red wattle for a 3 week old pullet.

 

[dragonmorgan]

I was afraid of that. I was hopin that since the wattles were still light colored and not as big that it might still be a pullet. Out of my 17 chicks I already have 4 I suspect roos and 2 others Im not sure about. This makes 5 suspect roos. Grr.

 

[Sailing Dede]

I agree, cockerel, pullet, cockerel

 

[jennylove21326]

A little off topic, but I have one buff orpington and it is not this orange-ish....... Should I be concerned that I don't have a BO??

 

[dragonmorgan]

It could be my pics makin them look so orange. Mine are a lil lighter than the pics show (not much tho). U could always post a pic and ask

 

[Just_Clucky84]

Cockerel, pullet, cockerel

 

[dragonmorgan]

Well it looks unanimous. Buttercup is now just Butters lol. Thanks everyone. Im hopein in another week or 2 my brahmas will be old enough for me to post pics of them and get some gender guesses. Im hopin only one of them is a roo since i already have these 2 roos, one BR roo, and one mystery chick i suspect is a roo.

 

[Angelwings]

1 cockerel, 2 pullet, 3 cockerel

 

[Happy Chooks]

I agree, cockerel - pullet - cockerel.