need help with sex of chicken.

[dread666]

hello all, this is my first post. was wondering if you all were able to determine if one of my buff orpingtons is a rooster?

im in a suburban/urban area and cant have roosters. i got the 2 buffs at the same time and just hit 6 months, im getting 1 egg a day, so im assuming only 1 is laying, and i know they can start laying at different times, but 1 of them is starting to make A LOT more noise, so i need to get it figured out before i have anyone called about noise complaints...


this one i believe is the hen.



this is the one in question,

and here are the 2 together, the one in question is on the left.




any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks all! and thanks for a wonderful and helpful site.

 

[cafarmgirl]

Welcome to BYC!

Looks like two pullets to me.

 

[Smoochie]

X2. Hens start laying at different times and you are probably hearing lots of eggs songs.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Those are definitely girls. I have 25 Buff Orpingtons and they are very noisy when they lay their eggs. They talk a lot, too.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Both are pullets. They get really vocal right before they start laying.

 

[dread666]

awesome, thank you everyone. so before they start laying they get noisy? once they start laying do they quiet down? the other one is pretty quiet and i definetely dont mind some chatter, just not sure how the neighbors will feel...cause she makes the most noise early, like 7-9 am, so im just worried about waking people up.

 

[donrae]

They're both pullets. Some girls are just noisy, but if your birds are legal and it's after 6 am there's really nothing for your neighbors to complain about.