orp chick

[loupan]

can anyone tell me what they think the colour of this orp will be its 3 weeks old now has an awesome stripe going down back

Im realy realy hopeing its a hen has awesome personality

 

[SteveBaz]

R U sure its a Buff Orpington? I might venture to say it may be a mix of another breed in there. My BO was all yellow and had no color but yellow as a chick. May be mixed with a black one but here check out the breed pages.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/breeds/orpington/478

https://www.backyardchickens.com/breeds/orpington/2593

 

[loupan]

I was told it was an orp it was the only one that hatched yellow the rest were all black i have a black one to i literally picked it out of the hatching tray with the other eggs that had hatched was a day old

it better be becoese thats what i paid for lol

 

[dickhorstman]

Looks like a ckl to me. Buff,Black,White and Blue are the APA recognized colors.The chick is none of those.

 

[loupan]

sorry whats a ckl im a newbie at this

 

[loupan]

also do you think it looks like it gonna be a roo i have a feeling its gonna be

 

[SteveBaz]

Its possible it will shed all the yellow and go black on black but I do not think so. Sorry if I have alarmed you with no intent at all.

 

[loupan]

No worries at all im not worried what it is as long as its a hen

still love it to bits anyway ,be a little anoyed if the breeder has told me a porky though

 

[loupan]

I have been googling chicks that look the same and went onto the feathersite.com and it looks like it could be a jubilee orpington the chick on there looks exactly the same which means if it is will be stunning when older gosh i wish i could tell if it is hen or roo becouse if it is a jubilee i realy realy realy dont want to have to rehome

im more anxious now then ever

 

[bobbieschicks]

I'm not familiar with Jubilee Orpingtons - I have Lavender Orpingtons. I could guess by week 4 but could tell for sure at age 6 weeks who was the rooster and who were the hens. The hens still have light colored combs and wattles. The rooster's comb and wattle was very red.

At 4 weeks Francis, our rooster, started showing redder comb and wattles. He's the one on the left side.

Here they are at 6 weeks old - the one at the bottom of the ramp is our rooster.