What is my 8 week old Orpington

[McCaskill]

i just bought this "8" week old orp and was told pullet does this info look right is she really 8 weeks is she really a she help me out head
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[TheJadeChicken]

Are you sure it is an Orpington? It looks like a rooster to me. Those are some big wattles and comb. It also looks like it has feathered legs.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

x2...Orpingtons don't have feathered feet.

BTW it is always best to photograph the bird standing in profile, not being held.

I agree that is quite a bit of comb and wattles for 8 weeks, but they look very pale in the photo, so I wouldn't leap to rooster yet...watch and wait.

EDITED TO ADD: if those are feathers on the outside toe, she might be a Black Copper Marans...which at 8 weeks is very likely a hen as Marans roo's have significant red combs by then.

Post a full body profile while the bird is standing on its own to help with further identification.

Lady of McCamley

 

[McCaskill]

no it doesn't have feathered feet it is just siting on my hand if i can get it to shat still long enough i will try and take a pick
the lady who sold it told me it could be 10 weeks but she had it in with her 8 week olds because it was the only one

 

[JaceAgain]

Could be a she, google images for black ophington 8 weeks bring up a few that look like that that are pullets

 

[Chickamauga Man]

Looks like my pullets.

 

[McCaskill]

i would have though that at 8 weeks she would have pointy saddle and hackle feathers but she doesn't so hoping for a girl

 

[donrae]

8 weeks is too early for sex feathers, those pointy hackle and saddle feathers.

I'm not seeing anything screaming rooster at this point. Orpingtons can be pretty slow to mature, though, so you may not know for sure until a few months old.

 

[TheJadeChicken]

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no it doesn't have feathered feet it is just siting on my hand if i can get it to shat still long enough i will try and take a pick
the lady who sold it told me it could be 10 weeks but she had it in with her 8 week olds because it was the only one

Oh okay. I guess it is they way she was sitting.

 

[brandoncakes]

pullet