Agreed.Please completely disregard above comments. From an experienced chicken owner and veteran BYC member, the Production Red is a point-of-lay pullet. She has no sex characteristics of a male. At this age, she would have saddle feathers/much more masculine features. The Buff Orpington is a cockerel. Orpingtons are typically a bit slower to mature versus hatchery Rhode Island Reds are bred to mature very quickly. That is leading to a discrepancy in the relative maturity of both birds
Thank you for your insight!! It gives me hope!! I’ve reached out to a few sanctuaries for my buff, but holding onto the RIR unless things change! Wish I could keep the buff too, but sadly it would cause too many issues with my neighbors. Thank you again!!Please completely disregard above comments. From an experienced chicken owner and veteran BYC member, the Production Red is a point-of-lay pullet. She has no sex characteristics of a male. At this age, she would have saddle feathers/much more masculine features. The Buff Orpington is a cockerel. Orpingtons are typically a bit slower to mature versus hatchery Rhode Island Reds are bred to mature very quickly. That is leading to a discrepancy in the relative maturity of both birds
…only way I know for sure is posting here or seeing them produce an egg.I relate to that so much to that!!I found through this group that I don’t actually know what a rooster/hen looks like
Here is my hen that is a similar breed (possibly an RIR, but probably not pure)
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