Sexing 8 Week Lavender Orpington & Starlight Green Egger

[raenapaige]

These two have been stumping people for weeks! What’s your guess?

 

[kelseyk]

I'm going to guess the first one is a cockerel and the second one is a pullet.

 

[raenapaige]

Anyone else want to take a stab at guessing? Here are photos of them at about 6 weeks for growing reference.

 

[Laura516]

Any update? Curious about your starlight green as I have a similar looking one

 

[raenapaige]

Any update? Curious about your starlight green as I have a similar looking one

We still don’t know! Neither of them have obvious comb/wattle development more than any of our other birds Or saddle feathers, and we are thinking maybe they are ladies after all. Time will tell!

 

[PenguPen]

Hard to tell, my gut is telling me the lavender is a roo, but the starlight I keep going back and forth on... I’m curious to see what they look like in another week or two

 

[Deenok]

We still don’t know! Neither of them have obvious comb/wattle development more than any of our other birds Or saddle feathers, and we are thinking maybe they are ladies after all. Time will tell!

Both pullets I’d say

 

[Deenok]

I have a partridge rock pullet that looks like you starlight green egger

 

[raenapaige]

Official update! Both of these lovely birds have grown into egg laying hens! We are happy.