Lavender Orpingtons - Are these roosters?

[SaraBrook]

Hi! I have two lavender Orpingtons that I think may both be roosters. Could somebody confirm my suspicions? They are 3 to 5 months old. Unfortunately this will mean that we have entirely too many roosters!!

 

[FuzzyCritters]

Both boys.

 

[The Happster]

Beautiful boys, but boys nonetheless.

 

[swampfox440]

Orpingtons are a good breed !

 

[SBFChickenGirl]

I see two cockerels.

 

[JadeFarms]

Cockerels

 

[sourland]

Both are cockerels one just slower maturing than the other.

 

[black_cat]

Sorry, they're both boys. But they are beautiful!

 

[SaraBrook]

Thank you everyone! That’s what I thought. Unfortunately this means that we have at least seven (maybe 8) roosters in a flock of 23! To make matters more complicated, I had a chicken die a couple months ago and the vet thought that it was probably Marek’s so now I should consider the whole flock exposed which makes rehoming much more difficult, I would imagine. Any advice? Thank you!

 

[black_cat]

Thank you everyone! That’s what I thought. Unfortunately this means that we have at least seven (maybe 8) roosters in a flock of 23! To make matters more complicated, I had a chicken die a couple months ago and the vet thought that it was probably Marek’s so now I should consider the whole flock exposed which makes rehoming much more difficult, I would imagine. Any advice? Thank you!

Is culling an option for you? If you have the recources I would set up a bachelor pad of all roos.