One bright side, I am not showing them and I am not breeding them. They will kept as pets, and for eggs. I do hope they have good health and the docile Brahma temperament. We'll just see, as you say.
Well, the eggs were from a breeder, and advertised as "show quality." Here is a pic of their hens. Thanks for letting me know a molt may make the pullets look more uniform. :)
Thanks so much!! I am wondering...is it normal for Dark Brahmas to have so much feather variation between pullets, or are mine deviating from breed standard? I can easily tell them apart, and I guess I thought all DB pullets would look identical. Do you think I will still be able to tell them...
Thank you for your patience and help, @junebuggena
Too bad that local ordinances forbid selling of backyard eggs! It looks like I'll have an overload, come summer.
I checked my calendar, and the little Dark Brahmas are just over 5 weeks old. I would love some help, so here are pics:
Pic #1 (Left to Right) Spark (slower feathering, smaller tail), Shimmer and Sabre
Pic #2 Sabre (lightest chick)
Pic #3 Shimmer
Pic #4 Spark (very cuddly, friendly.)...
Ah ha! I had read that on a British forum and on an American blog, and I was convinced from that info that I have two fast-feathering females (shoulder feather, fluffy feet, long tails, long wings) and one male (slow to feather in all those areas, also the one that has the darker chest now)...
I found this info, below, on a U.K. forum - the writer says she can determine the sex of her Dark Brahmas at one day old. Have you heard of this method?
"I'm lucky that I can sex my dark chicks at day olds... my pullets hatch with dark wide triangle on top of their head and have eyeliner boys...