Buttercup at almost 6wks....hen or roo?

[Alyssaclaiber]

I bought 4 “female” day-old buff Orpington chicks from a well-known hatchery. I know even vent-sexing isn’t always correct, but I’m hoping that my 5 3/4 wk-old little girl isn’t a boy. I’m hearing that buff Orpington aren’t always easy to sex, so I’m just asking for your best guess! Thank you!

 

[Buffbrahmasforever]

I'm leaning cockerel

 

[Alyssaclaiber]

I'm leaning cockerel

Thank you!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I bought 4 “female” day-old buff Orpington chicks from a well-known hatchery. I know even vent-sexing isn’t always correct, but I’m hoping that my 5 3/4 wk-old little girl isn’t a boy. I’m hearing that buff Orpington aren’t always easy to sex, so I’m just asking for your best guess! Thank you!

Boy...

 

[Alyssaclaiber]

Thanks!

 

[Alyssaclaiber]

Update!! She’s a hen!! She laid her first egg today!!

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[JedJackson]

Update!! She’s a hen!! She laid her first egg today!! View attachment 2467998View attachment 2468000View attachment 2468000

That;s great! She sure developed her wattles early. I can see why everyone thought she was a cockerel.

 

[sourland]

Great and lucky update.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Congrats! My Orpington girls also got their red wattles early. Definitely can be misleading

 

[MysteryChicken]

I had an early bloomer pullet, that fooled me once this year. I was actually hoping it was a cockerel, but nope.