Sexing Brahma Chicks

Latest pictures - the chicks are now around 9 weeks old

Pretty!
I think you have mostly pullets.

I don't trust the one with the dark red in the wings, but I'm not seeing red comb/wattles, and if there are pointy saddle feathers I'm not able to see them in the photo, so I would continue to give that one a bit longer and see.
 
I pretty much agree. They look like pullets but with the feathered legs I can't see how those look, a cockerel tends to have heavier legs than pullets.

The posture of the one with dark red in the wings is suspicious but it could go either way. I would expect a redder comb and probably some wattles if it were a boy but brahma are slower maturing than many. Slower maturing may also explain why I don't see pointy saddle or hackle feathers. Some of them are just harder than others. I've a 16 week old mixed breed chicken that I could not tell for sure at 16 weeks. I was ready to give it to a young couple starting out as a pullet but just wasn't sure so I didn't. It was a boy.

My guess on that one is a boy but that's maybe a 60% confidence level. Don't do anything dramatic or drastic yet.
 

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