- May 19, 2011
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Hi all,
I have two possible culprits. A blue orpinton hatched from an egg under a broody and one from a hatchery that I got with a few others to raise with my orpington. Mom adopted all of them, which was great. Anyway, the other one that I suspect is a roo is the black one with the big white splash wings, who's an EE. I think that my blue orpington is definitely male because he developed comb and wattles WAY ahead of anyone else and is quite red, but I'm not sure he's actually the one crowing.
I went out this morning and played a rooster call, trying to get someone to crow for me. My blue orpinton payed attention, but my black/white EE payed hard attention and then took off running for the other end of the yard. I think I ended up scaring him. The others just looked. Anyway, here are the pics. They're not fantastic but just what I could come up with this morning. There's a group shot at the end showing their development in relation to the pullets.
By the way, anyone know what breed the little red one is? She was supposed to be an EE, but obviously not.
Thanks for your help!
I have two possible culprits. A blue orpinton hatched from an egg under a broody and one from a hatchery that I got with a few others to raise with my orpington. Mom adopted all of them, which was great. Anyway, the other one that I suspect is a roo is the black one with the big white splash wings, who's an EE. I think that my blue orpington is definitely male because he developed comb and wattles WAY ahead of anyone else and is quite red, but I'm not sure he's actually the one crowing.
I went out this morning and played a rooster call, trying to get someone to crow for me. My blue orpinton payed attention, but my black/white EE payed hard attention and then took off running for the other end of the yard. I think I ended up scaring him. The others just looked. Anyway, here are the pics. They're not fantastic but just what I could come up with this morning. There's a group shot at the end showing their development in relation to the pullets.
By the way, anyone know what breed the little red one is? She was supposed to be an EE, but obviously not.
Thanks for your help!