Orpingtons

[NLmedic709]

I bought five straight run Orpington’s in hopes that I would win the chicken lottery and get all pullets. I have two lavenders and three blacks. The photo isn’t the greatest, but the breeder has marked them P for pullet and C for cockerel. They’re currently 8 weeks old, which I know can be early to sex Orpington’s, but I’m curious as to what I might need to find new addresses for. Ignore the white roo in the back.

 

[Insnesnakos]

You have a cockerel, the one with the C on it.

 

[SchwartzLakeFarmNC]

Looks like they are all correctly marked.
1 Cockerel, rest are Pullets-Congrats!

 

[Tookie]

The breeder is correct!

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Do you have another pic of the black one far left? And I'm very suspicious of your other lavender, that's an awful lot of wattle for 8 weeks on an orp. And I cannot see the head of the other black one with it's face in the feeder

 

[NLmedic709]

Do you have another pic of the black one far left? And I'm very suspicious of your other lavender, that's an awful lot of wattle for 8 weeks on an orp. And I cannot see the head of the other black one with it's face in the feeder

The black with the head in the feeder looks identical to the middle black. The one far left has a little bit more comb/wattle development than the other two, and is slightly pink, but nothing near what the lavender marked cockerel has. The lavender marked pullet is larger than the one marked cockerel, and doesn’t have the tail development that the one marked cockerel has, and the comb/wattle is paler than the cockerel as well. They’re terribly difficult to photograph. I’m hoping that the breeder ends up being right - I’ll take a 4:1 ratio on straight run any day.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

The black with the head in the feeder looks identical to the middle black. The one far left has a little bit more comb/wattle development than the other two, and is slightly pink, but nothing near what the lavender marked cockerel has. The lavender marked pullet is larger than the one marked cockerel, and doesn’t have the tail development that the one marked cockerel has, and the comb/wattle is paler than the cockerel as well. They’re terribly difficult to photograph. I’m hoping that the breeder ends up being right - I’ll take a 4:1 ratio on straight run any day.

I don't think the breeder is unless they have extremely fast maturing pullets. These are my lavender and splash pullets at 12 almost 13 weeks. These were my blacks and blue last year at 15 weeks (notice there is almost no comb or wattle growth, besides on my cockerel) I could be wrong, just giving my opinion.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Your "breeder" is wrong All circled in red birds are cockerels

 

[Auntiejessi3]

and doesn’t have the tail development that the one marked cockerel has,

You can't tell anything from their tail feathers at this age.

 

[Sussex19]

Both lavenders are cockerels, and one of the black ones looks like it as well!