Gender ID (Buff Brahma, Rhode Island Red, Black Australorp, and Ancona Chickens)

[OrpingtonBrahma]

Oh Boy is this going to be a long thread start. Anyways I need help IDing Males in the breeds that was listed in the Title. All but the Rhodes were Hatchery purchased. In males of these breeds we purchased 1 Buff Brahma (BB) and 1 Ancona (A). The Rhode Island Reds (RIR) were home breed and hatched, and we suspect a male Black Australorp (BA). All of these birds are around 6 weeks of age.


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[oldhenlikesdogs]

They all look like pullets to me.

 

[the chickentaco]

Looks like pulled to me too, and I once had a batch of four of four cocks, knew it by they time they were 3 weeks!You'll want to see if the nobs on their inner ankle starts to grow out into a spur, then you've got a roo, or they're waddle is unusually bright or large compared to the rest.

 

[OrpingtonBrahma]

They all look like pullets to me.

Are you talking about all of them or a specific breed? I know that one of the Buff Brahmas should be male, unless it was sexed wrong.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Looks like pulled to me too, and I once had a batch of four of four cocks, knew it by they time they were 3 weeks!You'll want to see if the nobs on their inner ankle starts to grow out into a spur, then you've got a roo, or they're waddle is unusually bright or large compared to the rest.

Hi welcome to BYC!

You are incorrect about the spurs... all chicks will have little bumps and they won't start growing until much later. Also some females can have spurs.

Are you talking about all of them or a specific breed? I know that one of the Buff Brahmas should be male, unless it was sexed wrong.

Hi welcome to BYC!

They look like pullets so far to me to. The Brahma, if it were a boy should get a darker color on his wings.

I would expect to be seeing more pink in the combs on boys by 6 weeks. But behavior among the flock is a great indicator. See who runs around facing off with everybody, those will likely be your boys.

Red #2 maybe boy, BB # 6 is a suspected boy (dark spot near thumb on wing).

Hard to imagine you getting all girls even from a home hatch... but it happens. I guess getting girls when you are expecting a couple of boys might be less troublesome than getting boys when you can only have girls. But they can still develop more.

You did pretty good at the pics. A standing side shot might be good.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Are you talking about all of them or a specific breed? I know that one of the Buff Brahmas should be male, unless it was sexed wrong.

I'm just currently not seeing anything that looks like a rooster. Could be you need to wait a few weeks for it to be more apparent, or it could be you have none. I would post in a few more weeks again to see if there's any changes.

 

[PNWskye]

Oh Boy is this going to be a long thread start. Anyways I need help IDing Males in the breeds that was listed in the Title. All but the Rhodes were Hatchery purchased. In males of these breeds we purchased 1 Buff Brahma (BB) and 1 Ancona (A). The Rhode Island Reds (RIR) were home breed and hatched, and we suspect a male Black Australorp (BA). All of these birds are around 6 weeks of age.


BB1








BB2









BB3









BB4









BB5









BB6








RIR1










RIR2








RIR3








BA1









BA2








BA3








A1








A2








A3








A4








A5

Do you have an update?

 

[Painted Calls]

Do you have an update?

OP hasn't been on since April 2017.

 

[PNWskye]

OP hasn't been on since April 2017.

I checked that too. They may get the email and decide to update! It’s been known to happen.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

@PNWskye unfortunately both females and males will look the same at the stage your chick is at. But! You could always do a DNA test if you wanna know before ~8 weeks of age!