6 wk old Light Brahma Cockerel? I hope not.

[GApeachmama]

This is Sweet Baby. Hatch date approximately May 5. So about 6 wks today. I noticed some red on her comb. Is this cockerel instead of a pullet?

 

[AinaWGSD]

I don't think it's red enough to assume cockerel, especially if it's hot where you are. I'd say still looks like a pullet at this point but still a bit too young for any certainty.

 

[GApeachmama]

I don't think it's red enough to assume cockerel, especially if it's hot where you are. I'd say still looks like a pullet at this point but still a bit too young for any certainty.

When would I know more definitively? Am I just waiting on a crow with bated breath?

 

[CascadiaRiver]

When would I know more definitively? Am I just waiting on a crow with bated breath?

6 weeks is a bit young, give it another 2-4. I will agree that it's too early to be certain, I am going to vote cockerel though just because it is kind of a pink comb, and those are some beefy feet/legs (again, could be a stout pullet, just my vote ;D)

 

[GApeachmama]

She’s a lady!!!

 

[FarmerGirl101]

Yay! Glad she ended up as a hen.

 

[GApeachmama]

Yay! Glad she ended up as a hen.

I am too. Everyone is 13-19 weeks and no attempted crows. I think I made it through with only hens somehow.

 

[sourland]

She’s a lady!!!

And a beauty.

 

[GApeachmama]

And a beauty.

That she is.

 

[FarmerGirl101]

I am going to vote cockerel though just because it is kind of a pink comb

I am very much late to this but I have found that these types of combs get pink early even in hens. Wyandottes also have this comb type and they get a pink comb early. My hen had a red comb very early on at about 8 weeks. Pink/red combs early are definitely an indicator of cockerels for the most part except for these combs as they can also be a pullet too.