Confused about gender of my Brahma mix 2 mo. olds.

[dunnmom]

I have 4 chicks, 2 mo. old. 2 are definitely Brahma mixes. I'm pretty sure 1 is a cockerel, because I posted a pic of him a couple of weeks ago, and people told me it was. But I'm confused...

The 2 suspected boys did not feather out on their shoulders and tail until a while after the other 2, which I read is one way to tell gender on Brahmas. Their combs are also growing faster than the other 2. Here's what's got me confused, though. I see no long pointy hackle or saddle feathers anywhere yet. Is 2 mo. too early to start looking for the big boy feathers?

 

[Flockandfowl46]

First sweetheart that is a bit young yet but may be possible for some guesses and second we need some pics

 

[dunnmom]

The first one keeps having tail feathers pulled out by my big girls, or it would have more.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

View attachment 1471584 View attachment 1471587 The first one keeps having tail feathers pulled out by my big girls, or it would have more.

Both are cockerels.

 

[PachecoPeeps]

I have 4 chicks, 2 mo. old. 2 are definitely Brahma mixes. I'm pretty sure 1 is a cockerel, because I posted a pic of him a couple of weeks ago, and people told me it was. But I'm confused...

The 2 suspected boys did not feather out on their shoulders and tail until a while after the other 2, which I read is one way to tell gender on Brahmas. Their combs are also growing faster than the other 2. Here's what's got me confused, though. I see no long pointy hackle or saddle feathers anywhere yet. Is 2 mo. too early to start looking for the big boy feathers?

Male feathering usually starts to come in around 12 weeks which is when they start puberty.

 

[Flockandfowl46]

Both cockerals

 

[Flockandfowl46]

Beautiful birds though!

 

[dunnmom]

Oh, ok. I've only had 3 breeds before this. The BO's were not very easy to tell (all ended up being pullets), but the BRs and Wyandottes were pretty easy to tell early. This is a first for me. I'm also curious about the black head on that first guy. I haven't seen many chickens like that. I'm not sure where he got that crazy patterning.

 

[Flockandfowl46]

I'm no expert but the first could be silverlaced Wyandotte x an the second looks just like my barred sexlink between my Brahma and French maran

 

[dunnmom]

I'm no expert but the first could be silverlaced Wyandotte x an the second looks just like my barred sexlink between my Brahma and French maran

That makes sense. Out of the 12 hatching eggs I had 6 blue, 4 dark brown, the rest were light brown. So that does narrow the field a little on what the mamas might have been.