Ok so here’s what I think is a buff Orpington. He/she’s been the largest since about a week old. Hatched out of a creamy/tinted egg. Huge legs. Comb isn’t huge but it’s turning pink and there’s significant waddle development. Hatched same day as the rest so 4 weeks old. Rooster for sure?
Give your EE a chance if you want to keep him. My avatar is an EE and he’s the best rooster I’ve ever had.
Your rooster looks a lot like mine. He is quite the gentleman and has given me sons that are just like him in mannerism.Give your EE a chance if you want to keep him. My avatar is an EE and he’s the best rooster I’ve ever had.
So good to hear! I’ve heard mixed things but mostly bad. Maybe I’ll get lucky!Give your EE a chance if you want to keep him. My avatar is an EE and he’s the best rooster I’ve ever had.
Should I have concerns about having two roosters in such a small flock? I’ll only have 4 hens assuming that the others are all female.
Here’s hoping!
Yes, 2 roosters for 4 hens probably won’t work out well. I’d pick the most well mannered cockerel but wait till they get older and their hormones kick in to choose because you won’t know their true nature till then.So good to hear! I’ve heard mixed things but mostly bad. Maybe I’ll get lucky!
Good advice thank you!
Would this be a EE cockerel?Actually, a VERY easy way to show people sexing EE's by demonstrating with your pictured birds there is by color. EE's are very easily sexed by color, as most are actually sex-linked too.
Females in most cases come out a partridge looking brown and black, often known as wild-type duckwing. Some though are silver too, which is strictly black and white, sometimes with a salmon breast.
Males on the other hand are quite often black and white, but have colored red, orange, or yellow feathers that emerge on sometimes the neck, back, and most importantly and almost always the shoulders. These are tell-tail signs of a male, as females cannot have that color in those regions. Other male colors that are red flags are one coming out with a black breast and red markings on the shoulders, neck, and back.
True saddle and hackle feathers actually come in much later, so judging by them is a hard thing to do, especially when someone is new with chickens.
