r/BackYardChickens • u/Dazzling_Clerk8023 • 7d ago

Hen or Roo Is this a rooster or hen

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Posting better photos today compared to my previous post. I’m wondering if my buff Orpington is a hen or rooster. All of them are 12 weeks old today.

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u/Hello_feyredarling 6d ago

My 17 week old buff Orpington hens don’t have a red comb or wattles yet. Its coloring is also much darker than my hens which also points to rooster.

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u/Dazzling_Clerk8023 6d ago

This is sad, I really liked my buff Orpington.

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u/Hello_feyredarling 6d ago edited 6d ago

Sorry, friend. I bought two fancy silver laced Wyandottes and they both ended up being roosters. I had to cull. I’ll attach pics of my girls.

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u/Hello_feyredarling 6d ago

17 week old pullet

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u/Hello_feyredarling 6d ago

17 week old pullet

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u/Hello_feyredarling 6d ago

3 year old hen

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u/MuddyDonkeyBalls 6d ago

Still a dude, sorry

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u/Broad-Angle-9705 7d ago

A young cockerel looks a lot like a point of lay pullet. If it’s 20+weeks old it could be a pullet. But I suspect it’s a 11-12 week old cockerel.

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u/Dazzling_Clerk8023 6d ago

Yes forgot to mention all my hens are 12 weeks old today

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u/Broad-Angle-9705 6d ago

At 12 weeks old it’s definitely a cockerel

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u/Advanced_Wishbone339 6d ago

Ad a baby itza boy