Is this a buff orpington Roo?

[nursesusanb]

I know it's early, just wanted to see what your thoughts were on if my 2 1/2 week old BO chick is a rooster. Time obviously will tell, but i wanted some early guesses

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Too early to tell, especially without other BOs to compare it to.

 

[nursesusanb]

This is one of the others. Most of them look like this with the exception of a runt:

 

[nursesusanb]

New pics at 4 1/2 weeks:

The suspicious chicken....



The rest look like this:

 

[nursesusanb]

Anyone? Do you think my early guess is correct that it's a rooster?

 

[henless]

Looks like one to me.

 

[nursesusanb]

Just to update, the two that had very early comb development at around 3-4 week ended up being roosters.

Here is Carlos at 14 weeks:

 

[Bryam]

Neat!