Help...chickens legs are yellow!

[Akercewich]

Hey hey everyone! I'm a new chicken owner I have six buff orpingtons. I've had them now for about 6 weeks and just barely noticed that one of them has extremely yellow legs! The other ones all have normal colored legs! Is is this normal for them? Pictures included so you can see how yellow they are! and does anybody know when I can start to tell if they are hens or roosters? They will be 12 weeks old this coming Sunday.

 

[KikiLeigh02]

Single Comb, with bright yellow legs, and yellow beak probably means you have a Buff Plymouth Rock. It could just be a hatchery issue with some of their Buff Orpingtons, but I would lean toward it being a Buff Rock. At 11 weeks I would guess you have all pretty pullets!!!

 

[Frazzemrat1]

At that age, they're all pullets, and I agree with @KikiLeigh02 with the buff rock assessment.

 

[Akercewich]

Okay it doesn't really matter to me what type of chicken it is as long as it looks healthy and happy! Is the buff rock just a different breed of buff orpingtons?

 

[Akercewich]

This is a pic of what my other chickens look like ..

 

[jolly wattles]

Lol! Your chicken is fine.

 

[KikiLeigh02]

Yes! Barred Plymouth Rocks, or White Plymouth Rocks are much more common, you may be familiar with Barred Rocks. She should lay a slightly different colored egg, my Orpingtons lay light tan/pinkish colored eggs, and my Barred Rocks lay very light brown eggs. Her feathering may be less fluffy than your Orpingtons, her body type may end up being a little different too. It's hard to predict if they came from a hatchery, they usually focus on egg production above everything else so they may end up being identical except for the beak and legs.

Okay it doesn't really matter to me what type of chicken it is as long as it looks healthy and happy! Is the buff rock just a different breed of buff orpingtons?

 

[BlackHackle]

Okay it doesn't really matter to me what type of chicken it is as long as it looks healthy and happy! Is the buff rock just a different breed of buff orpingtons?

Lol. No they aren't. Buff Rocks and Buff Orpingtons are two different breeds of chickens. Buff is just a color that both those birds happen to come in

 

[Akercewich]

Hahaha... Thank you all for your help!! They've been fun and are starting to get their own personalities! At what age do they normally start to lay? And should I give them a special feed at that time?! Thank you so so so much!!

 

[BlackHackle]

Hahaha... Thank you all for your help!! They've been fun and are starting to get their own personalities! At what age do they normally start to lay? And should I give them a special feed at that time?! Thank you so so so much!!

They should start laying at 5.5 months and at that time they should be given layer feed