Sexing 9w/o wyandottes and orpingtons

LoreWalker

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Jul 15, 2020
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It's that time of year 😁
Anyone willing to help (possibly) sex our wyandotte and orpington chicks? They are 9 weeks old currently. I think we have a lot of roosters, but I am a complete novice at raising chicks. So, fingers crossed for some hens! 😅

Starting off with our buff orpingtons:
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And our blue laced (and lone solid black) orpingtons:
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And lastly, our silver laced wyandottes:
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@WonkierZulu Thanks! Are buff orpingtons harder to sex at all? I suppose for the blue laced ones it might be easier to spot saddle and rooster tail feathers once they come in than for the buffs?
 
I've only had lavender orpingtons but the cockerels were fairly easy to catch. I have wyandotte they are harder because mine appear just to mature much slower. After about 2-3 months they are obvious.
 
Also the comb is harder on the wyandotte. So I had 10 lavender wyandotte swore there was 3 rooster out of ten. One I was positive I've been practicing vent sexing. The other two I thought were hens out of 10/9 were females! The more I hatch and handle, and watch it seems to get easier.
 
@K0k0shka and @SpotTheCat thanks for your replies!

That's a few more possible pullets than I was expecting at this point. I'll take it, haha :lol:
I guess it will still be a waiting game for a bit longer for some of them. I really do hope to end up having at least one (or two!) pullets from each, but it's always a game of chance when hatching eggs.
 

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