well.... i am not a breeder and my orpingtons are lavender.... but here is the timeline with photos for mine:
week 1
henrietta on the bottom, georgiana on the top... Henrietta is now Henry!
in this different view you will notice his legs are substantially thicker already at 1 week old, he's on the left:
at around 2.5 weeks, he's much bigger (though she was sick for 2 days and lagged in growth a bit, his legs are massive, and the comb is starting to stick out:
they developed tail feathers/general feathers at the same rate.
at 4 weeks, i was positive he was male, with clear pink comb/wattles development, while she is smaller and no comb:
week 8...Henry really sprouting that comb
see Georgiana on bottom left, still at 8 weeks - no comb at all
fast forwarding to week 17
georgiana - just starting to develop pink comb/wattles now
Henry, same age
week 21 Henry, i think he's done growing here. We are now on week 25-26 and he's the same.
