Sexing Buff Orp chicks (Pics)

[meriruka]

I've got 7 that hatched on 1/6. I'm trying to learn how to sex them.
I think this one is a boy:

And this is a girl:

Two have the bigger combs (like pic one)
Three have short tails (like pic two)

What signs should I be looking for?

 

[Buster]

I think it may still be early yet, but as far as I can tell I would agree with you.

 

[RooptyDoo]

Its to early for me to tell but, they are sure cute!!

 

[cluckychick]

That 1st one has some thick legs.

 

[meriruka]

So, you think I need to wait another few weeks?

 

[Buster]

I think so. I have had several that I was positive that were pullets that turned out to be late developing cockerels and one that is 16 weeks old that I'm still guessing on. In fact, I was positive at one point that one chick was a pullet until at 15 weeks old "she" grew a comb, wattles, hackles, and a saddle. Time will tell. Good luck!

 

[jkirby]

IF this breed is like the commercial broilers my family grew for years, you can tell by the wings; the first one looks like a male because it has longer ones going back nearly to his tail. The 2nd one looks like a female because of the shorter stubby wings. Like I said, I don't know about this breed, but it held true for my RI's. We were able to tell within a week that we had received 2 roosters when we had only ordered one from our feedstore. I didn't think it was too bad considering we ordered 25 pullets and 1 rooster. We got them as one day olds and they are now 8 mos. Maybe someone else with more knowledge of this particular breed can tell us if this is true with these .

 

[jossanne]

Where'd you get them? Are their legs as yellow as they look in those pics? Orps have white legs.

 

[Andora]

They do have odd colored legs, unless it's just the dim lighting?

My buff orps were pretty easy to sex--the roosters had rapidly growing combs and wattles that were very red by 5 or 6 weeks and the pullets had smaller combs and wattles that were very light pink/yellow. I think for your chicks it's a few weeks too early to guess! Post some more pictures in a couple weeks with a good view of their combs.

 

[meriruka]

The legs are much paler than in the pic. I think some of the red from the brooder lamp is showing up......