Help with Gender :)

[audreyw]

Hello! I am new to BYC and new to chickens overall. We have 6 Buff Orpingtons and 5 Barred Rocks. From the research I have done the barred rocks seem fairly easy to sex, I have one that I think is a rooster (but he seems to be the "runt" of the group?) and was wanting to see what everyone else thinks. I will post picture. Also I have another picture of one of the Buffs that seems to be the largest of the group right now and was wondering if he/she could perhaps be a rooster too, but from what I read the buffs are harder to sex until a lil bit older, is there anything I should be looking for in particular with the buffs? They were 2 weeks old this past Thursday (6/23/16). Thanks and glad to be at Back Yard Chickens!

 

[ChickenGrass]

Hi there
Lovely photos
But it's still to young to know gender

 

[chickencraz]

I agree that it's too soon to tell. If their combs start to turn red soon, you probably have a rooster, but I've had hen who looked like them at this age.

 

[audreyw]

Thanks!! I am just being anxious, lol!

 

[donrae]

None of the Rocks are screaming cockerel at this point. Usually, a single male in a group of females sticks out. Not always the case with hatchery birds, but everyone here looks pretty much the same.

 

[drumstick diva]

thank goodness - I hate it when cockerels are screaming

 

[donrae]