Gender buff Orpington

[goober hen]

now that my girl is a little older (14 weeks) is she actually a he? I'm noticing a slight curl in the tail.

 

[GldnValleyHens]

Pretty chicken! Usually if it is a male the wattle comes in pretty quickly while it stays small in a pullet for months. It is a little hard to tell from the pictures if the wattle is big, but if it is then it is probably a rooster. Check her legs for little nubs of spurs growing in, and watch for the long pointed feathers along her back, those are sickle feathers and are a sign of a male. It is possible she is a pullet, the curled tail can just be something special!

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

That's looking like a pullet!

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Pretty chicken! Usually if it is a male the wattle comes in pretty quickly while it stays small in a pullet for months. It is a little hard to tell from the pictures if the wattle is big, but if it is then it is probably a rooster. Check her legs for little nubs of spurs growing in, and watch for the long pointed feathers along her back, those are sickle feathers and are a sign of a male. It is possible she is a pullet, the curled tail can just be something special!

You can't tell gender from the spurs. Both genders have them. They only start growing on males around at least six months or more.

 

[The Angry Hen]

It's a bit young to tell for three months... I personally would say handsome cockerel though.

 

[ChattyChickens4Life]

Beautiful pullet!!!!

 

[Farmgirl47]

Looks like a pullet to me also.

 

[drumstick diva]

pullet

 

[GldnValleyHens]

It is true that both gender have them, but I have noticed even the young 4 months or so chickens I have that turned out to be cockerels had spurs that grew in larger and quicker than the pullets, whose spurs are round almost flat circles.