I Have to Ask

[3KillerBs]

Though I may not really want to know the answer.

Light Brahmas, 7 weeks old. Omelet's comb is much redder than Dumpling's.

(Don't worry about Dumpling's eye -- it's just looking weird from the camera flash. She can see so well that she caught a bee or beetle out of the air this evening).

Some additional photos:

Dumpling:

Omelet:

Omelet facing right, Dumpling facing left:

Omelet is slightly larger, has more black on her wings, and is currently top of the pecking order.

 

[ChickNanny13]

At 7wks Omelet's comb is awfully red & sizable, I'm thinking possible cockerel. You won't see the saddle/hackle feathering until about 12wks. They are cuties

 

[JadeFarms]

Omelet looks like a cockerel, pretty birds!

 

[3KillerBs]

I didn't want a rooster in this first batch on the new property but I knew it was possible.

My in-town rooster, Marion, was a Light Brahma. A beautiful, majestic yard-dinosaur a full 2 feet tall.

I wonder if Brahmas are more difficult to vent sex? Marion was originally Rosemary and it would be funny to have an oops roosters again -- 2 for 2 in buying 8 chicks twice and the same breed.

 

[Northwest_Wannabe]

Agree with above, but also in the last picture looks like you have another cockerel behind Omelet :'(

 

[3KillerBs]

Agree with above, but also in the last picture looks like you have another cockerel behind Omelet :'(

No. Chipotle is a California White, so the large comb is to be expected. She's got the palest comb in the flock, but her Leghorn ancestry is showing in the size.

 

[Northwest_Wannabe]

Alrighty if you say so! my leghorn had a super small comb until she was older than these guys, but I've only raised the one : )

 

[3KillerBs]

Alrighty if you say so! my leghorn had a super small comb until she was older than these guys, but I've only raised the one : )

It's what I've been told about that breed.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Omlet looks male.

 

[3KillerBs]

Omelet to the right, Dumpling to the left at 12 weeks.

No evidence of male hackle or saddle feathers.

Of course given Brahmas' slow development I can't be confident yet.