Bantam Buff Brahma chicks?

[snoozing chick]

Hi all! I’m pretty sure that one of these chicks (Chick #2, with the lighter wings are reddish head) is a buff brahma. It was the largest chick of the 18 day-old bantams we got, and the coloring seemed to match pics online of a buff Brahma.

As they start to get feathers, Chick #1 is looking more like Chick #2. Originally I thought Chick #1 might be a golden-laced Cochin. Are they both Bantam Buff Brahmas?

Chick #1, 3 days old:


Chick #2, 3 days old:


Chick #1 (left) and Chick #2 (right), 8 days old.



Thank you!

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Can we have close up comb pics of each one?

 

[Frazzemrat1]

The best way to tell is what type of comb they both have. A single comb is a cochin. A pea comb is a brahma.

 

[snoozing chick]

You got it! Thanks! I’ve looked at the articles and my books on comb styles, and of course in a hen I can see the difference between a single and pea comb. On these little ones I don’t see how to tell a pea comb from an undeveloped single comb - any tips?

Chick 2:


Chick 1:


Also Chick 1:


And Chick 2 again:

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

You got it! Thanks! I’ve looked at the articles and my books on comb styles, and of course in a hen I can see the difference between a single and pea comb. On these little ones I don’t see how to tell a pea comb from an undeveloped single comb - any tips?

Chick 2:
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Chick 1:
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Also Chick 1:
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And Chick 2 again:
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Usually, single combs have spikes, and I don't see any, so these appear to be Brahmas.

 

[snoozing chick]

Hugely helpful - thank you! I have this d’Uccle, and it looks like a combo of the single comb seen on my little gray cochin (with tiny spikes) and the pea comb (going flat across the beak).

D’uccle Chick:

 

[Gray Farms]

Look like Buff Brahmas to me. Watch for dark orange patches on the shoulders, this indicates cockerels.

 

[snoozing chick]

Look like Buff Brahmas to me. Watch for dark orange patches on the shoulders, this indicates cockerels.

Thanks so much for this tidbit, I'll keep my eyes open for them!

 

[trista85]

Look like Buff Brahmas to me. Watch for dark orange patches on the shoulders, this indicates cockerels.

Is that true?! I have a pair that are 2 weeks old and everything I've read says they're hard to sex- but they are starting to develop real feathers and I'd be interested to see if that does happen. I have a sneaking suspicion that I have a male and a female just based on the differences in feathering.

(*Edited to add that mine are not bantams, though I'm also not positive they are full sized, since I think they look small for 2 weeks.)

 

[Gray Farms]

Picture is not mine, just a pic from internet. Notice the dark orange patch on the shoulder of the male. This is a male specific trait and it shows up fairly young.