sexing brabanters

[Anonymous]

Hi
We are new to chicken keeping. We were given some eggs to hatch and now have 13 10 week old Brabanters, How do you decide what sex they are??

Thanks in advance

 

[tygrysek75]

Try to put some pictures and people will help.I do not know this breed.Welcome to the forum.

 

[Anonymous]

thanks will try to get some pic on tomorrow

 

[foxy]

love to see some photos I know they are rather rare!

 

[Anonymous]

pics as promised

 

[foxy]

The are wonderful! 08

Think they are going on my wish list...I just have to have some!!!

 

[tygrysek75]

Hi is hard to say as all have this hats on the heads,but on the third picture top bird looks like cockrell,4 picture posibly hen?Really hard to say.Very nice birds looks very healthy.Never come accros of this breed.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for your comments, we were thinking along the same lines.It is difficult as there doesn't seem to be difinitive differances. guess we will have to wait until someone talks!!

Foxy shame you're not closer to us.

 

[tygrysek75]

You may like to look here http://www.thebigwranch.com/index.php?view=article&catid=6%3AMy+Chickens&id=105%3Agold-brabanters&Itemid=14&option=com_content and here http://breedsavers.blogspot.com/2011/04/brabanters-reinventing-history.html
They in difrent colour than yours but pictures may halp you to get idea of sex?

 

[Anonymous]

thanks for the links. look very interesting

 

[ncotb]

Have found with the SS Apps that the boys have less headgear as they are growing - touch wood, have been able to sex them at at young age 17

 

[chasingclouds]

Silver spangled brabanters but with some birds showing distinct Columbian patterning, so this is probably a result of some experimental breeding one or two generations back. Combs look a bit suspect on some of these birds also, care needed in selecting what is bred from out the birds in photos.