Pullet or cockerel Brahma?

[goober hen]

Is this Brahma a boy or girl? About 7 weeks old. Please tell me why you think one way or another. I want to learn how to figure this out on my own. Thanks!

 

[hughes homested]

i have 5 light brahmas. they r all hens. i am guessing yours is a boy. it doesnt look like mine did at that age. ive read somewhere that boys' tail feathers are later coming in and i dont remember any of my girls tail feathers being so absent. also, i am noticing the neck feathers (hackle feathers i think they are called) on your chick seem more pointed which indicates male. i certainly am not a pro at this...i obsess over gender all the time with my chicks!, but this is just my opinion with the pics you have provided and what i can recall on my girls. good luck for whichever you are hoping for!

 

[azygous]

The comb is very pale. By nine or ten weeks, a cockerel will have a very red comb and wattles. That appears to be a pullet.

 

[junebuggena]

How sure are you of the age. Looks more like a 6 week old. 9 to 10 week olds don't still have chick down on their head.

 

[goober hen]

i have 5 light brahmas. they r all hens. i am guessing yours is a boy. it doesnt look like mine did at that age. ive read somewhere that boys' tail feathers are later coming in and i dont remember any of my girls tail feathers being so absent. also, i am noticing the neck feathers (hackle feathers i think they are called) on your chick seem more pointed which indicates male. i certainly am not a pro at this...i obsess over gender all the time with my chicks!, but this is just my opinion with the pics you have provided and what i can recall on my girls. good luck for whichever you are hoping for!

The tail is what is worrying me. I want it to be a girl. She's my sweetest and I can't have roosters.

 

[goober hen]

How sure are you of the age. Looks more like a 6 week old. 9 to 10 week olds don't still have chick down on their head.

I just double checked the date I got this one. Actually, it is 7 weeks old.

 

[junebuggena]

Definitely a cockerel then. But not a purebred Brahma. He's got white skin, which means he's a mixed breed.

 

[drumstick diva]

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[azygous]

Even as early as seven weeks, if it was a cockerel, that comb should be vivid red, though, shouldn't it?

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Definitely a cockerel then. But not a purebred Brahma. He's got white skin, which means he's a mixed breed.

Could you tell me what makes you think he's a he? He looks like a pullet to me......