Brahma Breed?

[Merro]

The OP is 12 years old from looking at their other posts. You're assuming that I didn't check and see what else they posted.
It's just a cautious warning in case of the possibility of being accurate here.
Rather have her know beforehand, than ask, wait to find out, then tell her after she's got one possibly dead chick on her hands.

 

[chickenchick12]

I am getting my chick from Dunlap Hatchery in a week. My siblings are getting chicks too, so my peep won't be alone. I guess I could get more than one but our coop would be full if I got that many. I'm so excited!

 

[Twistedfeather]

I was looking on that hatchery and I didn't see any large fowl light brahma's only bantam, which yes would be so much easier to store and handle. But am I mistaken that you want to show or was that someone else I was talking to? Hatcheries are often steered away from because they work on quantity verses quality to please the demands of everyone that wants chicks so the quality of the bird goes down, in showing they use a certain standard in which they are judged.

 

[chickenchick12]

I will be showing my bird at 4-H. I ordered a heavy breed, not a light. But if it turns out to be a light breed then that's fine. Bantams are soooo cute! I heard of a trick to find there gender but you can only use it when they are about 3 weeks old. You set the bird on your kitchen floor, and let it calm down for a few minutes. Then, take a hat and drop it near the bird. If it is a pullet it will duck or run, but if it's a rooster it will perk up it's head to see what the threat is. But it's kind of a bummer to find out that your cute baby that you raised for 3 weeks turns out to be a roo.

 

[Twistedfeather]

Light is a color variety in Brahma not the weight. Bantams are one fifth the size of a large fowl chicken or a normal chicken. I would almost steer you towards a bantam Brahma because if you do 4-H you'll find it hard to show a large brahma, When you do a health check you might have problems carrying a larger bird, I know I struggle keeping my silkie up (he's 74 oz when he should only be 36)

The hat trick may or may not work since I have seen hens/pullets take a more cockerel/cock's attitiude.