Light Brahma, Gender Question Answered

[ILoveJoe]

Out of my three 11 week old Light Brahmas one turned out to be a solid white chicken and a rooster at that and NOW I am afraid of the other two is also a rooster!!

Does Peg look like a roo to you all? I see pointy neck feathers and a tail that is very slow to develop.

Kay (left) and Peg (right):

Kay:

Peg:

Dougie (still hoping this is a girl):

 

[ella]

Looks like two girls to me!

Need a full body shot of Dougie to even guess gender.

 

[dacjohns]

I have Light Brahmas but I've been away for 3 weeks so my memory may be a little hazy.

I think Peg is a girl. When mine started developing their combs the combs on the males were more developed. Much fuller and more developed on the the sides.

It looks like Dougie might be getting some hackles.

 

[gritsar]

Kay and Peg are girls, pretty ones at that. Dougie is a handsome little rooster.

 

[tiki244]

Isn't the pattern on the feathers of both male and female supposed to be pointy(black part). It is just the end of the feather, which can be hard to tell, wether that is pointy or not. Just put one feather in your hand and look at the very end of it. It is light colored, so you must look closely.

 

[Mrs MIA]

I agree... two VERY nice looking girls and a boy, though I'd like to see a full-body shot of Dougie, too. The brahma hens DO have somewhat pointy hacklefeathers, too, making it difficult to tell the sex for a while. I mostly look at the body shape and the comb/wattles.

 

[ILoveJoe]

So everyone thinks Peg is a girl?
That is a relief.

Here is Dougie side views.

Trying to get a decent picture of the back:

Notice the comb style is different from Peg and Kay. I thought MAYBE this was a cochin, but the hatchery tells me it is a LB, that sometimes the combs are straight, very rarely. But as another forum member pointed out ...why all white?

A mystery.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Kay is a rooster, and Peg is a girl.

 

[ILoveJoe]

Quote:

WHAT? That throws a wrench in the works, what makes you determine Kay, not Peg is the rooster?

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Quote:

WHAT? That throws a wrench in the works, what makes you determine Kay, not Peg is the rooster?

Kay looks a little larger, and he has a tail like a rooster. Where Peg has a body like a hen. Everything about peg is hennish, and everything about kay is roosterish.