Could this be a rooster?

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We have four 2 month old Brahma chickens and this one demonstrated very different behavior from day 3. Always "herding" the others, making sure they are all at certain place, jumping, pecking, complaining if the other chickens are held. Also 20-30% bigger than the others. The other three are very calm and approachable. We now have them together with our only adult Orpington. The transition went very smooth for all of them but it seems this Brahma is starting to question the Orpington dominance. At what age does rooster start to challenge the top hen? (We cannot have roosters and would have to rehome anyway). I am fairly new to the chickens so wondering if this is could be normal hen's behavior.
 
Most pullets don't fight hens,but there are hens who do the things you described.

Cockerals just fool around usually.or they scatter.Did you introduce them just today or few weeks ago?Could I geta comb pic?
 
The Brahmas were together since day 1. They joined the adult Orpington 2 weeks ago. This Brahma seems more jumpy and nervous when we come.


 
This is one of the other ones for comparison. I am also wondering if the redness around the eye is normal, the others don't have it as much. Thank you for all the advice.



 
Sometimes they have to find their way in the pecking order,so the pullet may just be testing bouyndries.
 
TheTwoRoos said:
Usually cockerals have that bright red face,while pullets faces stay more white/pale.
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Mine appear to be the exception to this. Almost all of my first chicks (all pullets) have very bright red faces. No idea why and they've been like that for a month (13 weeks old now). Their combs are reddish at the base, but fade to a pale peach at the tips.

:idunno
 

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