Sex of 10 week Light Brahma

[Painted Calls]

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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I agree. I'm not seeing a cockerel.

 

[krissyweso]

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!

 

[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!

 

[krissyweso]

If Moose is a hen with those gargantuan feet, pointy saddle and hackle feathers and overall hugeness....thats gonna be a world record Brahma hen lol
As far as feathering out late on Roos, i gotta agree. I find the large/xlarge breed Roos really are behind in the feather department. Have a white Jersey Giant Roo that I feel was half naked and "butt-less" for like 1 month or more before he really started growing out telltale feathers

Moose is a hen! So maybe we're going for that world record!?

 

[rascal66]

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

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

Moose is a hen! So maybe we're going for that world record!?

Very nice! I would love to see her progress. Hopefully you can update periodically.

 

[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

 

[krissyweso]

So now they're 16 weeks old. Moose (who a lot of us suspected was a roo) is in the left. Noodle on the right.