I assume Saffron is a he?

[ella2025]

I sure wish I could remember who helped me with my EE comb questions.

My 4 Blue Orpingtons I got yesterday are supposed to be 3 females and 1 male. But the male isn't banded, so I've got no clue who is who, lol. I figure I'll sort it out as they grow. But I've also read Orpingtons mature slower than others, so I'm thinking it might be a bit still.

Good luck! In my super limited experence, orpingtons don't mature that much slower. I hope you get your 3 pullets!

 

[ChickenChick46]

Good luck! In my super limited experence, orpingtons don't mature that much slower. I hope you get your 3 pullets!

That's good to know, thank you! I've read you can look at wing feathers and make a good guess about their sex between 1 and 3 days old. I'm not sure how much truth there is to that. I did look gently at their wings, and there are 3 that look very different from the 4th. So maybe that 4th one that looks different is my male. I'm not putting much faith into it, between my uncertainty of it even works and my absolute newness to chickens.