ok my turn for lay or crow game...c'mon BO pros!

[sangel4you]

almost 12 week old BO's.... originally thought I had 2 roos and 2 pullets and my runt was a roo but now theyre pretty much all the same size and feathered out the same....here are pics (sorry theyre not the best-uploading pics to byc from my phone has GOT to get easier!) anyway since ive only had RIR and LH before I wanted some more opinions.... thanks!
chicken 1

chicken 2 (1 in background)

chicken 1 and 2 again

chicken 4

chicken 3 is my "runt" and in the background of last pic.... that one is VERY camera shy!

 

[sangel4you]

ps Im already and suspecting 4 roos (though we've had NO injuries and next to no squabbles in 8 weeks with them) so dont worry about surprising me with bad news lol

 

[little blue]

the first one looks a little hen and the 4th chicken looks like a roo i am not sure about the other ones

 

[sunny & the 5 egg layers]

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I agree.

 

[sangel4you]

Can I ask what makes you say that? Im new to this breed so I dont know what the characteristics are.... and you cant see it well in the first pic but if you look at #1 in the background of pic 2, you can see the droopy tail feathers that I thought were characteristic of roos.... thanks for your responses

 

[little blue]

well i was going off of what there heads look like and the last pic looks like a pretty big comb and the first pic looks like it has no comb but i have alot of buff roos right now and usually orpingtons have a pretty big comb or have like no comb but i also am kinda new i started last year

 

[sangel4you]

Now that Im reading a bit, I think #2 is def a roo. Hes more brightly colored, has longer and pointier hackles, and a big comb

 

[little blue]

yea the pics are kinda hard to see

 

[sunny & the 5 egg layers]

The chicken in the first picture, doesn't have a very prominent comb (from what I can see) so therefore makes me think its a pullet but the the chicken in the last picture has a very large/red comb which is why I said rooster. The others I can't see well enough to determine their gender.

 

[little blue]

sunny & the 5 egg layers :

The chicken in the first picture, doesn't have a very prominent comb (from what I can see) so therefore makes me think its a pullet but the the chicken in the last picture has a very large/red comb which is why I said rooster. The others I can't see well enough to determine their gender.

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