light or buff brahma?

[onesweetfarm]

I have 2 buff brahmas and 2 light brahmas, all are a day old. I would post pictures but with the red heat lamp it is hard to distinguish the colors. To me the 4 look the same. They are all very dark and look a lot like my black australorps. The only reason I can tell the brahmas from the rest is because their legs are fuzzy. The partridge cochins are easy to distinguish because they have a very light "strawberry" color to them. Are there any other ways to tell the brahmas apart? perhaps markings?

 

[jennh]

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I see you're fairly new.

Have you seen this site? It might help you figure out which is which!

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGA/Brahma/BRKBrChix.html

 

[onesweetfarm]

thank you! I did check it out but I don't have any with that much yellow besides my 2 buff orpingtons. I will just have to wait it out a bit and see what happens. Thanks for the site!

 

[jennh]

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Your Buff Orps will have white legs. Does that help? The brahmas will have feathered legs, but I think you knew that already.

 

[akcountrygrrl]

You should be able to tell them apart pretty quickly as the wing feathers come in. The light Brahmas will have white with some black and the buffs will be a buff colored with some black. That's going to be the only way to distinguish between the two varieties.

 

[jywel417]

my light brahma chicks are very yellow

 

[onesweetfarm]

thanks everyone.

Meyer said that if I sent them photos they could tell me who is who. I have to say that was no easy task.

they wouldn't stand still!