I ordered 8 Buff Orps 2 weeks ago, and I got 9. I didn't think anything of it...but now I'm wondering if that little packing peanut could be a rooster!
The only thing that leads me to believe this is because s/he is MUCH bigger than the others (BUT I actually have TWO big ones....that are MUCH bigger than the others!), and a comb is statring to form (at 2 weeks old...is that unusual?), and the bigger ones have a different kind of call. When I pick up the little ones they say "Cheep, cheep cheep" but when I pick up one of the two huge ones, the say "Bawk! Bawk! Bawk!" (okay, I know that was really weird, but it's the only way I can explain it. Basically it's deeper).
So what do y'all think? Just early blooming hens, or is it what I think it is? lol
The only thing that leads me to believe this is because s/he is MUCH bigger than the others (BUT I actually have TWO big ones....that are MUCH bigger than the others!), and a comb is statring to form (at 2 weeks old...is that unusual?), and the bigger ones have a different kind of call. When I pick up the little ones they say "Cheep, cheep cheep" but when I pick up one of the two huge ones, the say "Bawk! Bawk! Bawk!" (okay, I know that was really weird, but it's the only way I can explain it. Basically it's deeper).
So what do y'all think? Just early blooming hens, or is it what I think it is? lol




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