Sex and is it pure lavender Orpington?

[Rysktal]

This little one is almost 8 weeks old. His comb and wattles have been the same size and colour since 4 weeks. His hatch mates (various mixed breeds) are easily identifiable as male or female now.

These are the best pictures I can get, lol! It's been so wet out, he does have a bit of dry mud on him.

I'm also trying to figure out if he is pure lavender Orpington or not. The person I got the eggs from had a trio who were just starting to breed so it's totally possible, I'm not sure how to tell.

I am hoping for a boy...

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Looks like a pullet to me

 

[DobieLover]

He's a she. Pure or not, idk.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Too blue for me to think of it as pure Lav... but that could be shading in the pic.

Gotta look at shank color, beak and eye color, body shape, comb type, and so on. Orpington can be a tad slower to develop than others. And since gender shaped feathers aren't coming in yet... I'm not positive on gender... Not currently screaming cockerel, but I would wait for later development to confirm.

Pretty.

 

[sylviethecochin]

That bird looks blue, rather than lavender. I also think pullet.

EDT: Blue

Lavender

 

[KikiLeigh02]

I agree with @sylviethecochin that it looks blue not lavender. I don't see anything that makes me think it's not an Orpington though. I'm not 100% sure on gender, I would guess pullet.

 

[Flockandfowl46]

Pullet

 

[Rysktal]

Lol the ONE time I hope for a boy

I guess I'll call her Pearl instead of Earl.

 

[Dkbahoo]

If it’s blue, could be a blue maran or I have a true whitings that looks like that at 12 weeks but mine has a bit more of a tail.