12 Weeks-- does anyone spot a rooster?

[Amber Lu]

Ours chicks are 12 weeks old.
We have:
2 Lavender Orpingtons
1 Colorpack
1 Welsummer
1 Black French Marans
1 Easter Egger
One of the orpingtons has always been smaller than the other. I'm afraid the larger of the two might be a rooster, just based on size.

 

[LaceyJune]

Hello Amber Lu, all your chicks are absolutely adorbale!!
But to me they all look like pullets, except for the white chicken with the brown accents on the neck looking at the second image.

 

[Rose the Legbar]

I would keep an eye on the larger lavender orpington as the large wattles and comb are iffy to me. Otherwise the others seem to be pullets

 

[Squawkers]

I definitely agree about the lavender Orpington, that one looks suspicious

 

[Amber Lu]

Hello Amber Lu, all your chicks are absolutely adorbale!!
But to me they all look like pullets, except for the white chicken with the brown accents on the neck looking at the second image.

This one? I hadn't even suspected it LOL

 

[Amber Lu]

I definitely agree about the lavender Orpington, that one looks suspicious

I was thinking that, too. It was kind of crazy though. That one grew so fast, and the other one was always smaller than the other chicks. Like, at 2 weeks, the big orpington was twice the size of the other one.

Today, they were out in the run, and the bigger orpington was fluttering its wings and herding the other chickens-- so I am getting even more suspicious, but it could just be a pecking order thing. Fingers crossed. We can have roosters, but my neighbors are always complaining about the rooster that lives behind us, so I don't want to add to the noise.

 

[Logar]

That lav Orpington looks like a pullet to me. This was my buff Orpington pullet at 10 weeks old. she looked almost identical to yours at 12 weeks. I wouldn't worry, just keep an eye on her.

 

[Amber Lu]

That lav Orpington looks like a pullet to me. This was my buff Orpington pullet at 10 weeks old. she looked almost identical to yours at 12 weeks. I wouldn't worry, just keep an eye on her.View attachment 3966882

That is adorable.

 

[LaceyJune]

This one? I hadn't even suspected it LOL
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Yes, that's the one, ide just keep an eye out for her tail growth as she gets older over the next few weeks, and identify if the feathers are round or point over.
But if you can get a good image of her tail, I can try to see if there's any obvious signs, I was just not quite sure from the original photo.

 

[CombNWattles]

That lav Orpington looks like a pullet to me. This was my buff Orpington pullet at 10 weeks old. she looked almost identical to yours at 12 weeks. I wouldn't worry, just keep an eye on her.View attachment 3966882

@Logar this picture reminds me of one I took!