EE and Lavender Orpington

[mimibug]

I was wondering if anyone can tell if these are hens or roos? I THINK the EE is a rooster, but when we got "her", we were told she's a pullet. She's about 17 weeks now and has yet to crow. Our Lavender came to us unsexed and he/she has been really slow to grow. (S)he is 14 weeks old. A couple of our other hens has started laying eggs and we were wondering if we should keep them apart. Thanks!!!!

Do you see the saddle feathers?!?!?

 

[Frost Homestead]

the EE looks like a roo to me

 

[kittykittykitty]

The EE looks like my roo...except not bearded.

The lavender orp is a hen.

 

[fshinggrl]

The EE is a roo. The tail feathers coming in are green for one thing.

 

[Lothiriel]

I'm on the fence with that EE... My girl Iris has green on her black tail feathers. A lot of black breeds/breeds with black feathering have a green and/or purple sheen on both sexes. So I don't go by that. The comb looks slightly boyish, but not big enough for a 17 week old cockerel. I think I may see a few saddle feathers though...

Could you maybe get a picture of that one standing by itself?

I don't have experience with Orpingtons so I won't guess that one. Looks girly though...

 

[mimibug]

Here's a pic of our EE standing up. Not a great pic, but she won't stand still long enough!

 

[bloom_ss]

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Pretty sure that's a roo. The coloring is more patchy than a pullet should be. I could be wrong though.