Sex of 10 week Light Brahma

[krissyweso]

My little Light Brahma Cockrell doesn't even have a tail yet at 8 1/2 weeks lol

Really!?! Gosh... This guy's came in so fast. I was thinking cockerel at like 4 weeks. You sure yours is a cockerel?

 

[Cluckingtime]

Really!?! Gosh... This guy's came in so fast. I was thinking cockerel at like 4 weeks. You sure yours is a cockerel?

First two pics are of him and last pic is his sister.. quite a difference so I am fairly certain.. he took forever to feather

 

[Cluckingtime]

I'm hoping he is good to his girls because he has a goofy personality and is entertaining.. def one of my faves. He did peck at his sister brahma tho this morn so I am starting to get concerned.. he is good with us tho he runs away initially lol that lack of tail tho is hysterical

 

[Chickassan]

Cool, the giant baby has thicker legs and a much wider skull base too.
Heck of a girl if it isn't a roo.

Yes Males feather in much slower *typically*. There have been some exceptions but if you have a bird that's significantly behind in feathering out, I would definitely be suspicious

 

[krissyweso]

She looks like a pullet IMO. I have been an outspoken proponent of not sexing Brahmas by comb width. Trying to use this method on my own it probably had 50% accuracy. It messed up my sexing more than helped. Here two different Brahma pullets at ten weeks.

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Thank you!! This is super helpful. Perhaps I'll wait a little longer. Is there a for sure "first sign" I can look for aside waiting for crowing?

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Thank you!! This is super helpful. Perhaps I'll wait a little longer. Is there a for sure "first sign" I can look for aside waiting for crowing?

Give it a week or two max. Since they appear to be hatchery Brahma, they should mature pretty quickly. Look for a "built-up" comb rather than just width. Also look for wattles and pointed saddle feathers emerging that I pointed out in my other post. I would be very surprised if it did turn out to be a cockerel because out of all my male Brahmas, every single one had pointed saddle feathers by ten weeks which yours isn't exhibiting. Mine were from a breeder which makes maturation even slower. Here's my slowest to mature cockerel and while his comb isn't obvious yet, he has pointed saddle feathers and wattles.

Most of my cockerels however looked like this and were this red at ten weeks. I would expect a hatchery bird to be on par with this development already. Note the two on the left are pullets!

 

[krissyweso]

She looks like a pullet IMO. I have been an outspoken proponent of not sexing Brahmas by comb width. Trying to use this method on my own it probably had 50% accuracy. It messed up my sexing more than helped. Here two different Brahma pullets at ten weeks.

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You were right! She's a girl!

 

[rascal66]

Was just gonna say those look like pullets. Glad that they are

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

I wanted to update this thread. Moose turned out to be, in fact, a hen!! Not a roo despite the popular opinion that she was one.

Noodle and Moose (both light brahmas) looked very different at ten weeks, but they now look very similar and are definitely both hens.

Hope this is helpful to others down the road!

My light brahmas at about 12 weeks. Clearly a big difference in size and comb. I no longer have Stewie, the male but my female, Hedwig is a beauty at 17 weeks. She’s about 4.25 lbs now and near POL.
Good luck with your hens

 

[ChelliesSassySeramas]

Ma'am, Moose is is indeed a Roo..bet the few crumbs of my soul that are hanging on for dear life he is