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7/12/12 at 9:17pm

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I'd got four straight run Light Brahmas and we only plan to keep one girl. They are 9 weeks old. As it stands now, I'm not sure what I've got. I *think* I have 3 boys and 1 girls, but I'm not sure. Can someone help me out?

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7/12/12 at 11:33pm

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Lovely pics and birds! Sorry, I am not familiar with the breed, and have heard they are difficult to sex. If you don't get an answer on this thread, you may want to try posting in the Brahmas thread. http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/169790/brahma-thread/3910

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7/13/12 at 5:50am

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Can't tell with #4, but I think the first 3 are all pullets.

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7/13/12 at 5:57am

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I think #3 looks like your only roo....I'm not great with sexing, but that one has the largest wattles and reddest comb, imo.

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7/13/12 at 7:41am

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In my experience the boys feather out much slower than the girls. Have you noticed any feathering differences between them as chicks and did any of them take forever to get their first little tail feathers in ( those would be the roos)? My last Dark Brahma got color really early on and was a girl becasue of her coloring, or I would have been really worried. Going by comb shape alone, #1 is the only one with the rows of bumbs next to the main central one that you would expect to see on a roo, although I can't really tell on the last cuz of the angle, so a maybe on that one.

Looks like we have votes for 1, 3 and 4 so far so I am thinking you will have to wait a little longer.

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7/13/12 at 9:22am

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Only one was slow in getting tail feathers. Shape-wise, they were all the same. At first I thought I was lucky and got three girls and one boy, but it didn't take long for all of them to look nearly identical. Now, there isn't much difference, period. #2 has the smallest comb, but it's often the pinkest (it's pinker when he/she is worked up, like when we were taking the pictures yesterday!) The other 3 are usually just yellow and the one with the biggest comb (#1) has the smallest waddles, so it's so hard to tell. Personality-wise, there is zero difference between them. My Plymouth Rocks (besides visually being obviously boy or girl) act completely different. The boys are very assertive (not mean, just very in your face to both me and the other chicks) and the girls flee in terror at my approach (which is disappointing). I just want to sort out the ones I'm keeping this weekend. I plan on introducing six chicks to my four laying hens and the rest will stay in the chick tractor until freezer camp day.