12-week-old Brahma--is this a hen or a roo? *Pics*

[HorsesandBirds]

Back in May, we bought 15 "mixed heavy breed cockerel" chicks. We just separated the 15 boys from our 4 laying hens, and when we pulled out this Brahma, we thought it really looks like it might be a hen. It's much smaller than the other roos, and doesn't have much of a comb at all. We'll keep it if it's a hen instead of putting it in the freezer. What do you all think?

Photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55723284@N04/sets/72157627348078903/

 

[CrestedGirl]

All I see are Americana pics

 

[HorsesandBirds]

Well, okay, so maybe it's an Americana then!

Someone told me it was a brahma, I don't know breeds very well. Regardless, the chicken in the pics is the one in question. Hen or roo?

 

[2 britts]

It looks a lot like a couple of my EE hens and could be close to POL with that red comb.

 

[kidcody]

Could be a rooster?

 

[lvchicken]

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Probably. I have an Ameracauna roo that has that big of comb and is just a little older.

 

[speckledhen]

It's not an Ameraucana or Brahma. It's very definitely an Easter Egger and it looks like a pullet to me in those pics, although I cannot see the saddle area very well. If there are shiny, skinny feathers in a fringe hanging off the back in front of the tail area, it's a cockerel. If not, it's a pullet.

 

[Lothiriel]

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Did you creep on me and take pictures of my Penelope??!

That's an EE pullet!

And here's Penelope..

 

[Cowgirl71]

100% Easter Egger pullet! She'll probably be laying green or blue eggs for you pretty soon!

 

[Illia]

Definitely NOT Ameraucanas

Or Brahmas.


But I do see some nice Easter Egger girls.