Brahma Thread

[ray24]

Look like cockerels to me, and the word is cockerel. Just trying to keep Tim's blood pressure down

Is the 4th one not a pullet?

 

[Chickengirl1304]

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Is the 4th one not a pullet? 

hope it is!

 

[ray24]

I think it's a pullet. It has a much smaller comb than the others.

 

[Chickengirl1304]

Ok thank you

 

[Sjisty]

I see four cockerels. Partridge brahmas are easy to sex once their feathers start coming in. A pullet wouldn't have the deep reds. They are more of a two-tone brown/black, kind of like a dark brahma, only brown.

 

[big medicine]

When it comes to trying to get a feel for the sex of my young Brahmas, comb is pretty far down my checklist.

Stance, male chicks usually have a more upright stance. Pullets a more level carriage.

Rate of feather, Pullets tend to feather out more evenly. Cockerels tend to have a bare patch on their shoulder( at a certain stage), sometimes back, and later tail development.

Size of feet, males usually larger, more robust feet/shanks.

Color, if there is a difference in the sexes, as in darks/partridges and to a lesser degree the laced varieties(clear shoulders on males).

 

[Dirt Farmer]

Thank you

I wasn't sure if all the really dark ones were roosters or not

This is one of my Partridge pullets at 15-16 weeks. You can see an obvious difference by 14 weeks.

 

[nicole63021]

I know these aren't the best quality (from my first post here!), but I thought I would post just a couple of updated pictures for the fun of it! Yes, they have VH, and they aren't perfect, but they are mine, and they are such great birds. Have 1 suspect cockerel in the group, maybe 2, but hoping for 2.1 ratio of pullets to cockerels (or 3.0!). If there is any thought on gender here, than great! If not, that's okay too, I love these goofy little chickies anyway. They are bigger than they look in the photo, I keep track of weights, and these are about 3/4 of a kilo already! I can entirely see why people get so hooked on these big chooks.

 

[Tammy N]

Roo,roo ROO guess who i am teasing LOL Hey Tim...................

is there a list of medications i should have on hand ?
I know Tylan is a good one but I was told by the grange guy it is perscription only

 

[ShayBaby]

Quality or no, they're lovely.