Two weeks old, rooster denial

[Caitmorgan222]

Since about day 3 I've suspected 2 of my 4 chicks to be boys. Now at 2 weeks I'm planning on taking Sweetie the barred rock back to the farm to exchange for a hen. Starting acting like a rooster very early, no tail feathers, big body and comb that looks like it's about to turn pink.

Though I can't have roosters in the city, I'm willing to raise the lavender brahma until there's an issue. The guy I bought them from only hatched one other lavender brahma and neither of them have long tail feathers yet. They could both be boys but I'm holding out hope that they just develop differently this one's temperament is much more manageable/ less roosterie. Its barely 3rd on the pecking order haha.

This was my first go at sexing chicks I may be 2 for 2 but I'd love it if someone could feed my delusion about the brahma maybe being a girl haha. Disappointed with the barred rock I thought they were supposed to be easy to sex! He had dark legs and a tiny condensed spot and black tips of the wings.lmk what you think, I think it's half and half

 

[JedJackson]

With the Brahma, you can only judge by size and color of the comb at this stage.

The barred rocks, if they are purebred and not mixes, should be easily sexable at this stage. Males will be lighter in overall appearance than females, due to barring genetics.

One of the chicks has hardly any barring at all, so I would have questions about all of them if I were you. Because if they are not pure barred rocks then those qualities we normally use to tell gender in this variety are out the window.

Behavior is not a good thing to judge by when they're so young. Females can be just as pushy and aggressive as males.

 

[Caitmorgan222]

With the Brahma, you can only judge by size and color of the comb at this stage.

The barred rocks, if they are purebred and not mixes, should be easily sexable at this stage. Males will be lighter in overall appearance than females, due to barring genetics.

One of the chicks has hardly any barring at all, so I would have questions about all of them if I were you. Because if they are not pure barred rocks then those qualities we normally use to tell gender in this variety are out the window.

Behavior is not a good thing to judge by when they're so young. Females can be just as pushy and aggressive as males.

Its comb looks small and light! The one with hardly any barring is a black copper maran hen with a barred rock rooster, so not a sex link but a different mix for sure. Only two are barred rock but this is a back yard breeder so I'm not sure how up to standards the line is. His adult barred rocks looked great though. I don't remember any of his chicks being super inky black. I'm exchanging the big comb barred rock with no tail feathers today so I'm interested to see again what the others look like.