Calling BRAHMA experts! Please tell me Tiny is a she...**UPDATE**

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

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I know I'm probably jumping the gun again but I can't help it. Tiny is getting HUGE but feathering in soooo slowly. And I have no other Brahma experience to compare him/her too... S/he is six weeks old. Tiny was sexed as a pullet from McMurray(bought at a feed store) but those legs and how big s/he's getting... When Tiny stands tall her belly is less than an centimeter from the tops of my other chick's backs.

 

[NellaBean]

Sure looks like it is feathering in like a boy......

 

[chickened]

She looks fine. What protein feed is she getting? feathers are 85% protein. Slow feathering can be genetic. I would not worry about her you may try boosting her protein intake. Oh forgot, it looks to be a rooster though. Brahma roos out grow the hens early on.

 

[speckledhen]

I'd say male. They tend to feather slower in the shoulder and neck area. And the long legs! Wow!

ETA: I'm not a Brahma expert, just had a few of them.

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

I had them on purina chick starter for the first four weeks and then switch to a local brand which has 23% protien. Plus mealworm treats every day... It's gotta be genetics.

All the other chicks are fully feathered now, including the 5 week olds.

 

[<3ChickenForever]

I'd say a rooster, and he looks fine to me.

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

Dang...

I can't keep roos in city limits or Tiny could stay. DH and I just talked and Tiny will have two more weeks to go girly or we'll have to rehome.

 

[<3ChickenForever]

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Sorry to hear that

He's really beautiful.

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

<3ChickenForever :

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Sorry to hear that

He's really beautiful.

Thanks, he's also my fav in the brooder. Just has this clusty/do-do/goofball thing going on that's just adorable. And he likes to stick his head out the bars of the cage (I use a dog crate for the brooder) and just look around or try and peck at things the others can't reach. Boy can he streach that neck!

 

[featherz]

My brahma roos feathered in like that. My girls all feathered in fully while the boys looked like they had bare patches everywhere!!