Light brahmas genders

[Thtsalotofchickens]

I hatched two Brahmas on April 2nd. One has been bigger than the other since hatching but they seem to be close to the same size now. Based off their combs can anyone tell me if they think ones a rooster?

 

[Bsmac]

The two on the left look like roos!

 

[Thtsalotofchickens]

The two on the left look like roos!

The black ones mother is a sexlink and dad i *think* was a barred rock. She didn't have the white spot on her head for rooster so I'm hoping she's a female. She's incredibly curious and friendly

 

[Bsmac]

The black ones mother is a sexlink and dad i *think* was a barred rock. She didn't have the white spot on her head for rooster so I'm hoping she's a female. She's incredibly curious and friendly

I hope it is a pullet!

 

[NatJ]

The black ones mother is a sexlink and dad i *think* was a barred rock. She didn't have the white spot on her head for rooster so I'm hoping she's a female. She's incredibly curious and friendly

Sexing that way only works when the mother has barring and the father does not.

But if the mother of your chick did not have barring (most sexlink hens do not have barring), then you cannot sex the chick by looking for the light headspot or for barring i the feathers.

The light spot on the head is caused by the same gene that makes white barring on the feathers of Barred Rocks and some other breeds. Your chick does not have barring, but that does not tell whether that chick is male or female.

That red comb is making me strongly suspect you have a male, although I would probably wait a bit to be more sure. More time does tend to make the sex more obvious.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

All three birds look like cockerels at this age…

 

[Thtsalotofchickens]

Sexing that way only works when the mother has barring and the father does not.

But if the mother of your chick did not have barring (most sexlink hens do not have barring), then you cannot sex the chick by looking for the light headspot or for barring i the feathers.

The light spot on the head is caused by the same gene that makes white barring on the feathers of Barred Rocks and some other breeds. Your chick does not have barring, but that does not tell whether that chick is male or female.

That red comb is making me strongly suspect you have a male, although I would probably wait a bit to be more sure. More time does tend to make the sex more obvious.

Thank you for that information! I wasnt sure if the sexlink gene followed through after breeding. One of my roosters was a barred rock and the hens are sexlinks, not sure if that matters at all. I do have one chick that is starting to get barred rock feathering.

I'll be pretty bummed if that black ones a rooster, it's a very friendly curious little chicken

 

[NatJ]

Thank you for that information! I wasnt sure if the sexlink gene followed through after breeding.

Unfortunately not in any useful way

To produce sexlinks you need particular genes in the father and in the mother. The actual sexlinks have those genes backwards or mixed up, so you cannot use them to produce chicks that are sexed the same way they were.

One of my roosters was a barred rock and the hens are sexlinks, not sure if that matters at all. I do have one chick that is starting to get barred rock feathering.

There are several kinds of sexlinks (red, black, blue, and maybe more). What kind are yours? Maybe you could post a photo of them?

When a Barred Rock rooster is the father, it is very common for his sons and his daughters to resemble Barred Rocks.

I'll be pretty bummed if that black ones a rooster, it's a very friendly curious little chicken

It is very disappointing when the most lovable chick turns out to be the sex you didn't want it to be

 

[Thtsalotofchickens]

Unfortunately not in any useful way

To produce sexlinks you need particular genes in the father and in the mother. The actual sexlinks have those genes backwards or mixed up, so you cannot use them to produce chicks that are sexed the same way they were.


There are several kinds of sexlinks (red, black, blue, and maybe more). What kind are yours? Maybe you could post a photo of them?

When a Barred Rock rooster is the father, it is very common for his sons and his daughters to resemble Barred Rocks.


It is very disappointing when the most lovable chick turns out to be the sex you didn't want it to be

They are black sexlinks, one barred rock rooster and we also had a brahma rooster, which is interesting because I have a chickbarred rock feathering and feathered feet

 

[NatJ]

They are black sexlinks

For black sexlink hens, if they produce any barred chicks (white barring on black), the barring is inherited from the father of the chick, and the chick could be either male or female. Not color-sexable.

one barred rock rooster and we also had a brahma rooster, which is interesting because I have a chickbarred rock feathering and feathered feet

Feathered feet usually mean it has a parent with feathered feet.
Barred feathering means a parent with barring.

So a cross of Barred Rock rooster x Brahma hen could produce such a chick. If you have any other breeds of hen with feathered feet, they are other possibilities for the mother of that chick.

Or a cross of Brahma rooster x Barred Rock hen could produce male chicks like that (this cross would produce females with no barring, so they would be color-sexable).