8 week old light brahma

[aschassberger]

she came from mpc as a pullet, but she's getting so red in the face I'm scared! I already have to give away our australorp which turned out to be a boy. :-(

thanks for your help!

(sorry, that last pic was wrong)

 

[tuesdays chicks]

hes a beauty sorry

 

[kentuckysilkies]

Don't give this one away so fast. I think it is a pullet, but it is still early.

 

[aschassberger]

I will definitely wait until I hear a crow before re-homing, but I REALLY hope she's a girl! My australorp started crowing, so I knew for sure... I don't think my 3 year old can handle giving away another rooster... neither can I! Please please please be a girl!

 

[tuesdays chicks]

ask tim in the brahma thread under genetics he'll know

 

[aschassberger]

thank you, I will do that.

 

[Tim63]

Male saddle feathers usually come in with more black. Sometimes the poorly colored hatchery birds are more difficult to sex. Judging from the saddles on this bird i'd be willing to say I'm 90 percent sure it is a female. How old, and is it bantam or standard? Looks like a pretty fancy pen!

 

[Sjisty]

I dunno, my brahma pullets were very slow with combs and wattles. They stayed salmon-colored until way older. My guess is he's a little gentleman - sorry. The second picture is priceless - all attitude!

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Id say male.

 

[Tim63]

Oh, I just looked at the thread title "8 week old light Brahma". The hackle feathers appear to be more rounded like a female also. Female lights tend to feather faster than males also. In my bantam lights I am able to determine sex simply by how fast they feather in.