Buff Orpingtons

I breed Buff Orpingtons and also have two RIR hens. At first look, I thought you have RIR, but then RIR don't have white. EsqChick's picture is a Buff pullet. You can tell a RIR sex by color when they are chicks. Here is a picture from last year. The two yellow chicks are buffs (one boy, one girl), the red one with light color on the wings is a RIR rooster, the other two reds are hens. Then the two black ones are Barred Rocks (one boy, one girl). Also, having raised several roosters from chicks, I've noticed their combs tend to develop earlier than hens, and they turned red by one month. I hope this helps.
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