9 week old light Brahma—pullet or roo?

[Nerdmom81]

I know that brahmas are notoriously difficult to identify by gender, so just looking for opinions. This is my only remaining Brahma (we had a Fox breech the coop they were in and lost our other two). So I’m curious to know what this one is so we can give him/her a name, as we have grown attached.

Any guesses?

 

[nuthatched]

I'd say pullet at this point.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

It's a bit early, but that comb looks suspiciously large. I'm leaning towards cockerel. Update in a few weeks to be sure, though. It could go either way.

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

I'd say pullet for now. They always like to switch gendered a few times before they make up their minds.

 

[maryn7]

I'm on the fence here. If I'd only seen the first two photos, I'd say pullet for sure. But the third photo is a lot of development of her peas compared to mine. I got her at 12 weeks and she almost looked like she had a straight comb at that point. There was just nothing going on.

Caveats: My only experience is with my LB, and hatcheries differ in how the birds look and develop.

But.... I think you're going to have to wait and see on this one. It feels like a pullet to me - but if you post at 12 weeks, and I think it'll be definitive by then. Fingers crossed!

 

[Nerdmom81]

Well, he/she did not want to cooperate for pictures today. 10 weeks old. Looks about the same as last week to me.

Whether this is a boy/girl doesn’t matter to me really. I love its sweet personality.

 

[WIchickMama]

I would say pullet

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

Any updates?

 

[Nerdmom81]

Any updates?

He/she is 13 weeks officially today. Haven’t heard any crowing or anything like that. Hoping for a pullet but ok if it’s a cockerel too.

What do you all think?

 

[InterestingChickens]

Pullet.