Sexing Buff Orpington's

[photohutch13]

Hi all! This is my first flock and I'm loving the experience. I helped my Grandma 40 years ago so remember some aspects of raising chicks and am feeling comfortable with it all thus far.

That being said, my flock consists of 31 ten-week old Buff Orpington's. I am having a very hard time trying to figure out their sex. There are many articles here about this but they are about baby chicks.

Can anyone give me advice on what to look for? Here are a few pictures. I thought maybe having several birds in a picture would be helpful to make comparisons. Thsnks in advance!

 

[featheredplanets]

At this point pretty much any with bright red combs are cockerels. I can see at least 5 cockerels per picture. I can also make out shiny pointed saddle feathers on some of the boys, another indicator of males. Pullets should still have small pale pink combs at this age.

 

[Jmiller89]

The ones with larger, darker combs are boys. There seems to me to be more boys in these pics.

 

[Araucana Nest]

Lovely flock. Congratulations ♥All those with the redder, longer comb are cockerels. In your first photo, the one with the head between the two in front, that is a pullet.

 

[Oncoming Storm]

What to look for- cockerels will develop shiny pointed saddle feathers while pullets are round and the same texture as the rest of the body. This also happens at the neck. Cockerels have pointed neck feathers and hens have round. Sometimes roosters have thicker legs but this varies from bird to bird. Cockerels tails will begin to curl downwards and are usually pointed. This also can vary depending on breed. I’ve had hens with tails that slightly curl. Cockerels combs and wattles will also be redder and larger than hens at early development. Hope this helps.

 

[Painted Calls]

A picture of each bird would help. I have circled the cockerels in your photos though.

 

[The Happster]

That's a lot of BO cockerels.
Wheeew.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

A bunch of pretty boys, all with those big red combs should start crowing very soon.

 

[3LittleBeaks]

That's a lot of boys! My Buff Orpingtons are about 5 months old, I wasn't sure about the genders until reading this thread. Beautiful flock you have.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

A picture of each bird would help. I have circled the cockerels in your photos though.
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