Who is my Orpington, and what is her friend?

[weaveagarden]

I ordered only one Orpington hen with a and an unknown group. From day one only one chick looked absolutely "Buff" colored.... The rumpled messy looking little one that I lovingly named Pigpen.

Now at 3 1/2 weeks, one of the others looks more like what I imagine a Buff Orpington should look like, and my Pigpen is developing into a more Orange color, and not one color. On top of that Pigpen's legs are now a dark Willow color.

Please help me ID my two Buff colored friends.


Pigpen and inquisitive buddy.


Pigpen's Buff friend. (Orpington?)

If it helps to determine sex, at 3 weeks 2 days, Pigpen weighed 7.4 oz and the One color Buff weighed 6.4 oz.

Thanks much.

 

[danischi24]

Buff friend is the Orp & Pigpen is possibly an EE.

 

[jen5680]

The one in the bottom picture looks
like my BO did at that age. So i would
say yes that is what it is bit you never
no!!! They change so fast!! Sorry but I
don't no what pigpen is.

 

[weaveagarden]

I don't suppose anybody thinks that Pigpen may have been mistaken for a male and is really my future hen????

 

[Goose and Fig]

Pigpen looks like a girl- but maybe a red sex-link? Or New Hampshire Red. Her buddy is a Buff Orp. Are they the same age?

 

[weaveagarden]

Yes they are. 4 weeks old this coming saturday. I got them from Murray McMurray. So do you think female for sure? I am not sure what Red Star female look like at birth. Are some buff. That is the only Red sex link that McMurray hatchery has.

Thanks

 

[weaveagarden]

Forgot to say. I have several reds, including RIR, NHR and something that I can't ID. Also a couple of other breeds that started out yellow, quickly turning to buff, and now a soft copper color. Both different from each other, and both very different from Pigpen in the way they feathered. That is why She/he is such a mystery for me. The red is very much like the color that I see many Orpingtons when I look online. Is there a line of Orpingtons that are almost light red?

Added later
So, I just looked up Red Star online, and got very few pictures.... But what I saw was a great deal of range from all red to red tops and white bottoms.... You may be on to something. Right now, I would say that Pigpen is more a dark Gold or Copper, but who knows what the future holds.

But what about those Willow legs???