How can I tell if I have cockerels?

[Heskins]

Hi we hatched these chicks in May they are dark brahmas and now about four months old they look like cockerels but how can I tell?

 

[chuckachucka]

Try to get close up photos of their combs and faces and people should be able to help. By this age cockerels should have red well developed combs and be starting to grow male pattern feathers ie longer spiker feathers around the necks and around the base of their tails.

 

[Heskins]

Thank you I’ll try that! They don’t seem to have any combs

 

[Heskins]

They were born 26th May,

 

[HuffleClaw]

There’s someone that can explain it to you better than I can... But I’ll have a go...

Comb redness: a cockerel will gain a redder / bigger comb way faster and at an earlier age than a pullet.

Male vs Female feathers: a male will have pointed / saddle feather. A female will have rounded tail feathers.

Size & leg thickness: *sometimes* you can go by leg thickness, not always. The males will usually have thicker legs than the girls.

Hope I’ve helped!

 

[Heskins]

There’s someone that can explain it to you better than I can... But I’ll have a go...

Comb redness: a cockerel will gain a redder / bigger comb way faster and at an earlier age than a pullet.

Male vs Female feathers: a male will have pointed / saddle feather. A female will have rounded tail feathers.

Size & leg thickness: *sometimes* you can go by leg thickness, not always. The males will usually have thicker legs than the girls.

Hope I’ve helped!

Thank you!
I have checked these things but still cant tell, neither of them seem to have a comb yet but one does have pointed feathers. As they are brahmas there legs seem thick anyway

 

[HenHouse4Life]

Try for closer up photos... keep in mind that brahmas are slow developers. My light brahma roo wasn't an apparent boy for quite some time. Saddle feathers will become shiny, long and pointed. Hackle feathers will be long and pointed also. I found that with my boy the comb and legs came after the giveaway feathers, but maybe that was just him

 

[KikiLeigh02]

The pictures are a little blurry, but their coloration says cockerels. This listing shows the difference in male and female coloration:
https://www.cacklehatchery.com/dark-brahmas.html

 

[Heskins]

Thank you, last time we hatched brahmas the difference were noticeable a lot earlier, so I am just getting impatient!

 

[Heskins]

Really both of them?!!