- Jun 3, 2011
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Ok we are new to this chicken thing. Our 9 year old decided she wanted to show chickens for 4H and I wanted them for the eggs so here we are on our new adventure.
We live in the city and are allowed to have them. We were told to buy pullets so we bought 2 rhode island reds, 2 black australorpes, and 2 buff orpingtons. We absolutely love the orpingtons! They are soooo sweet. (if you can say that a chicken is sweet). Anyways, one of the orpingtons is getting a little red around the beak and the comb. It looks different than the other one. I am wondering if we have a rooster on our hands. I so hope not because we will have to find him a new home. The australorpes scream bloody murder when we pick them up and the rhode islands just run. The orpingtons are just perfect for our 9 yr old to handle. I have pics of the 2 but am not sure how to post them, can someone tell me how to do this. I would like to know if you all think its a roo too