Is this buff orpington a hen or a rooster?

[Wray mom]

what a beautiful girl she is very pretty!!!!!

 

[HEChicken]

The legs and feet are yellow and the feet have some feathers. That is actually a legband and it's fine. I keep a really close eye on them now because I had one of the legbands get tight for some reason and cut right into the skin. I felt bad about that, but I didn't think it should be necessary to watch them as they are designed to expand.

Ahhh...that's kind of what it looked like, which means definitely not a pure BO. I have two pure BO's that past 3 years of age have never gone broody. I also have a BO mix hen who looks a lot like yours, with yellow legs and a single comb. She has also never gone broody. On the other hand, she is a very good layer.

If you are looking for a broody hen, see if you can find either a silkie or a cochin - either breed is almost a "guaranteed" broody, whereas BO's are a little hit and miss.

 

[pieta23]

Wow, that's interesting. All the research I've done says Orpingtons are frequently broody. I guess nothing is guarenteed, huh? The lady I got the eggs from says her hens are often broody, so hopefully those genes will transfer along. In another post, I asked about the breed of my rooster and apparently it is a Birchen Maran, so hopefully that makes for some interesting chicks next spring.

 

[Lynndaybrown]

My vote would be that she's a hen

 

[Leavingegypt]

BO are notoriously broody, they have straight combs and pinkish white legs. They are full bodied and fluffy. Yours looks like a mix, but also a pullet. My BO (I have a roo and a pullet) laid at about 22 weeks.

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

Wow, that's interesting. All the research I've done says Orpingtons are frequently broody. I guess nothing is guarenteed, huh? The lady I got the eggs from says her hens are often broody, so hopefully those genes will transfer along. In another post, I asked about the breed of my rooster and apparently it is a Birchen Maran, so hopefully that makes for some interesting chicks next spring.

I never had an Orp go broody, but I did have a broody black sex link, of all things. Silkies are great mamas. I have three dark Cornish that I got this spring to be broody mamas next year. I really hope they decide to set--they are MEAN, which means they'll make good mamas. I've had hens before that hatched the eggs well enough, but then weren't aggressive enough to protect the chicks well and we had to take the chicks away. I got the broodies so I don't *have* to set up a brooder!

 

[HEChicken]

I never had an Orp go broody, but I did have a broody black sex link, of all things.

Too funny - same here! I had two BO's that I was waiting on to go broody because I'd heard they are "frequently broody", and didn't even really look to the rest of them to brood. When my BSL spent a day in the nest, I barely noticed, but when I went to check on them after dark and she was sleeping in the nest, it dawned on me. I waited another day or two and she seemed serious about it so I gave her some eggs. She not only did a great job as a broody but as a Mama hen, raising up those chicks until they were 15 weeks old!