This is my commitment to return to this thread (or maybe spawn another) and confirm in four weeks, but based on the sage advice of @Wishing4Wings and my own tired eyes, Darkest is in fact "Diane", while "Chuck" who thinks he's a duck is not going to be newly christened as Charlene.
The three...
This is HUGELY helpful, ty. I'm goign back out in the rain, as soon as I find my glasses. May be a terrible photographer (ok, I AM a terrible photographer), but my eyes still (mostly) work, now that I know what to look for.
Thanks again!
Patience is not one of my virtues. Went out in the rain to try and get a photo of Darkest D's comb. Bird won't hold still _ I'm likely holding it wrong while I tried to photo.
@Crazy Pet Lady I, too, am trying to positively identify the gender of my Dark Brahmas (5). Though they are two weeks older than your own, its still too soon. and yes, they are unsufferably cute. One of mine crawled up my arm and found a comfy spot on the shoulder, half way behind my neck...
Thank you @Wishing4Wings these were among the first pictures I posted. Were you not able to click on them for an expanded view? I selected "thumbnail" for displaying them. In any event, "Darkest Diane/Dan" has a tiny little pea comb, the color of the tip of her beak, a pale yellow w/o a hint of...
Both Dark Brahma, bought from the farm store on May 09. Indistinguishable as chicks, I was convinced both were SHE, but their coloration is now so divergent from one another (as well as the distinctiveness of the penciling) that my inexperience is showing, and I'm beginning to...