Please help me confirm the breed and gender of my littles 🥰

[sfroelick23]

I think they are bantam brahmas or Cochins? Leaning towards brahmas but definitely unsure. Can anyone please assist in confirming their breed? Genders too if possible. Thank you so much! Attaching photos of them right after I bought them to current chick 1 chick1 chick 1 chick 2 chick 2 chick 2 chick 2

 

[Pigeony]

They're a lil young to be sure, but so far nothing screams rooster to me about either. You'll have to wait until they're older to confirm breed as well. You can't really be sure of breed or sex until they're significantly older.

 

[Logar]

How old are they? It is too early to say for sex.

The first one looks to be a light Brahma. Why do you think it is a bantam? That looks like a normal sized chick to me.

The second look to be a mix. I may be wrong but it for sure isn’t a pure Brahma.

 

[sfroelick23]

They're a lil young to be sure, but so far nothing screams rooster to me about either. You'll have to wait until they're older to confirm breed as well. You can't really be sure of breed or sex until they're significantly older.

Gotcha! Ty so much for responding!

 

[sfroelick23]

How old are they? It is too early to say for sex.

The first one looks to be a light Brahma. Why do you think it is a bantam? That looks like a normal sized chick to me.

The second look to be a mix. I may be wrong but it for sure isn’t a pure Brahma.

They were sold to me as bantams at tractor supply. Thank you for your response

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Tractor supply doesn’t usually sell mixes, so I’m guessing they’re both pure Brahma. The main difference between Brahmas and Cochins is the comb; Brahmas will have a pea comb and Cochins have a single comb. They both come in the Columbian feather pattern though, which is what both your birds are. You could get close up comb photos to see if that helps, but they’re so little it can be tough to tell.

 

[sfroelick23]

They were sold to me as bantams at tractor supply. Thank you for your response

And they are about 4 weeks

 

[Logar]

Tractor supply doesn’t usually sell mixes, so I’m guessing they’re both pure Brahma. The main difference between Brahmas and Cochins is the comb; Brahmas will have a pea comb and Cochins have a single comb. They both come in the Columbian feather pattern though, which is what both your birds are. You could get close up comb photos to see if that helps, but they’re so little it can be tough to tell.

there isn’t any Brahma variety that looks like that as a chick.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

there isn’t any Brahma variety that looks like that as a chick.

I thought that too, but Cackle hatchery’s page shows some very light Light Brahma chicks. And both of these certainly appear to be Brahmas now.

 

[Logar]

there isn’t any Brahma variety that looks like that as a chick.

never mind, I knew that they could be light gray to light yellow but I didn't realize they could be so dark gray until I just looked it up now.