Sexing Brahma Chicks

[Dwel1234]

Good evening,

I have 3 3 week old Brahma chicks - I think it is probably too soon to sex them (first time raising chicks) They are all developing at a very similar rate, what sort of things should I be looking out for to tell if they are pullets or cockerels?
There is one blue partridge, one blue salmon and one Isabella Thanks

 

[black_cat]

They are adorable but too young to sex. Check back in again at 6 and 8 weeks old, then every 2 weeks after if you don't have a conclusive answer.

 

[365username]

Good evening,

I have 3 3 week old Brahma chicks - I think it is probably too soon to sex them (first time raising chicks) They are all developing at a very similar rate, what sort of things should I be looking out for to tell if they are pullets or cockerels?
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Your little chicks are adorable, but it is too young to tell. For a rooster you should be looking for saddle feathers, a big red comb, and spears. A pullet you should be looking for the opposite of everything I named for a rooster.

 

[HappyClucker7]

They look like girls right now, but it's too early to tell for sure. Repost where they are about 6-8 weeks old.

 

[NatJ]

I have 3 3 week old Brahma chicks - I think it is probably too soon to sex them (first time raising chicks) They are all developing at a very similar rate, what sort of things should I be looking out for to tell if they are pullets or cockerels?
There is one blue partridge, one blue salmon and one Isabella Thanks

The combs and wattles of cockerels usually get red sooner than the pullets' combs and wattles. (I usually notice the redness in wattles before I'm sure of it in combs, but some people notice the combs first.) The cockerels usually have larger combs, too.

For the blue partridge: a male should get a solid blue breast at some point, while a female should have a patterned breast.

I'm not sure about the other colors, but if you look for pictures of adults of those varieties, you could look for gender-specific differences. I know Partridge (blue or black) have different breast colors in different genders, while Columbian (light or buff) have the same color pattern in both genders.

As they keep growing, at some point males will get long, skinny saddle feathers while the females will always have feathers with rounded ends right in front of their tails. (When looking for this, look at the actual feather shape, not the markings, because sometimes a hen's rounded feathers will have pointy markings on them just to confuse us!)

 

[The Moonshiner]

They'll all have male/female specific patterns. Watch for when the breasts are fully feathered then repost with good clear breast pics.

 

[Dwel1234]

Taken some more pictures today now the chicks are just over 5 weeks old

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I have dark brahma, no experience with the others, but what I'm seeing of the patterning on the chest suggests to me that those are pullets. The one I can't see the chest of, I have no confidence in, and won't guess.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Here's a pic of two of my dark Brahma, about 30 weeks of age, both pullets. The male, if I had one, would have an entirely solid black chest, and a distinct white bar at shoulder.

Hope this helps.

 

[Dwel1234]

Latest pictures - the chicks are now around 9 weeks old