Help Please! Is this Brahma Pullet or Cockrell

[uniqueblacksheep]

I know it's soon but I have a terrible feeling this is not a pullet. It's a sweet little baby, but the wings are making me question...and the fact that it's so friendly. I went back to the store and while some of the same aged brahmas had small wings..many had longer fuller wings. I know at a week and a half it's early to tell but I really didn't want a rooster. I bought all 4 of my new babies the day they came in so I could bond more with them. And while they are all other breeds the wings on this brahma just seem so small. Anyone raised brahmas that might be able to help?

 

[Egg Snatcher]

Brahmas are very hard to feather sex. Brahmas in general are hard to tell the gender of until latter. I had one I thought was a girl until it turned 5 months old.

 

[Egg Snatcher]

Brahmas also grow their feathers very slowly.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Brahmas feather slowly, and you can't use the length of the wing feathers or who gets tail feathers first to determine sex. Everybody grows at different rates. Wait until they're about 8 maybe 10 weeks to determine sex.

 

[uniqueblacksheep]

@Frazzemrat1 @Egg Snatcher. Thank you. It's been my favorite of the 4 chicks so far so I sure am hoping for a hen. I've not had good luck with roosters and somehow seem to get one every year even when I'm only buying 4 pullets

 

[SulkyBantam]

...and the fact that it's so friendly.

Why? Are only roos friendly for you?

Hoping for a girl !

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Why? Are only roos friendly for you?

Hoping for a girl !

Behaviorally, cockerels tend to be the most curious and start off really friendly, until the testosterone hits them and they can get aggressive. As chicks, this isn't a reliable way to judge gender, as some pullets can be this way too, but I've seen where the friendliest turned out to be a cockerel.

 

[uniqueblacksheep]

I know right? Every single time the friendlest of each new group ends up being a rooster..then puberty sets in

 

[Egg Snatcher]

@Frazzemrat1 @Egg Snatcher. Thank you. It's been my favorite of the 4 chicks so far so I sure am hoping for a hen. I've not had good luck with roosters and somehow seem to get one every year even when I'm only buying 4 pullets

Can you not have rooster where you live? If you can and this on is a roo he'll be a good rooster.

 

[uniqueblacksheep]

Why? Are only roos friendly for you?

Hoping for a girl !

Thank you...every time unfortunately even at 2 or 3 weeks I've guessed my roosters right

Why? Are only roos friendly for you?

Hoping for a girl !