Help: is this Buff Orpington a male?

[arthury]

I cannot tell if this is a rooster. Can you?

 

[K Spot]

Looks roo.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Looks roo.

X2

 

[redrooster99]

x3

 

[twsfarm]

X4

 

[donrae]

Yep, it's a rooster. That much comb at that little age is all boy.

 

[arthury]

Thanks, everyone.
I paid extra for pullets. I guess the farm is not very accurate with sexing.

Hmmm ... might be a problem ... neighbors would hate us for it.

 

[K Spot]

Well if you paid extra for pullets, I'd be contacting them and asking to swap out the roo for a pullet.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Well if you paid extra for pullets, I'd be contacting them and asking to swap out the roo for a pullet.

X2

 

[mtnviewfarms]

I totally agree with K Spot regarding your need to contact the breeder you 'paid extra for pullets' and request they swap out for an 'actual pullet'.

I breed, raise and sell started pullets and it is for this reason that I do not sell any birds until at least 8 weeks of age as by that time I can - with
pretty good accuracy - determine sex.

Several months ago I sold a gorgeous EE and Welsummer cross and thought it was probably a pullet but told the buyer if I turned out to be wrong
I would gladly exchange it for another bird but she like the coloration of the bird in question.

I recently heard back from her that he had begun to try crowing so we arranged for her to come back with the boy and she picked out a pullet.

Reputable breeders and sellers will do right by you as repeat sales are what keeps us going - even for a small homestead/hobby farm like us!