EE maybe?

[Smithnchickens]

We were told as chicks these were buff Orpington now we know they are not. Haha between 4-6 weeks is it too early to tell breed and it's a rooster? This is the one that looks different than the others.

 

[debid]

Where did you get your chicks? They could be a broiler/ranger type or just buff Orpington crosses from a whoops in the breeding yard.

 

[gimmie birdies]

He looks like a nice boy.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Where did you get your chicks? They could be a broiler/ranger type or just buff Orpington crosses from a whoops in the breeding yard.

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Looking like a slow grow broiler (Dixie rainbow, etc)

 

[Smithnchickens]

Where did you get your chicks? They could be a broiler/ranger type or just buff Orpington crosses from a whoops in the breeding yard.

Tractor supply.

 

[debid]

Tractor supply.

I'd put my $ on Rainbow Ranger (or whatever the hatchery called their slow grow broiler).

 

[Smithnchickens]

So is the comb a sign, if it's bigger than the rest, that it's a male? Or is that breed specific? I've got a barred rock too that shows a bigger comb.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

So is the comb a sign, if it's bigger than the rest, that it's a male? Or is that breed specific? I've got a barred rock too that shows a bigger comb.View attachment 1324295

That barred rock is a male, but I know this only in part because of the comb. Its confirmed because the barring is so light. Males have wide white/grey bars compared to females which are opposite with wider dark bars. Here's my BR pullet when she was 5 weeks.

 

[lazy gardener]

Barred rock looks like a boy as does the first bird you showed. #1 could be an off color RIR or NHR. If he's bigger than the rest, he is probably a Freedom Ranger. He does not look like a Dixie Rainbow.

 

[Smithnchickens]

That barred rock is a male, but I know this only in part because of the comb. Its confirmed because the barring is so light. Males have wide white/grey bars compared to females which are opposite with wider dark bars. Here's my BR pullet when she was 5 weeks.
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Oooh well I have two roos of those then. Darn! Thank you for the info!!