Recent content by brahmapapa

yes they are stunning, gotta run do chores, chat you again soon.

So glad that you are enjoying them, hope to get more of them out there, APA will not recognize a color pattern until many breeders have experience with them.

I have not been in good health, i am struggling to keep everyone warm and happy, so far so good, i think i have a nice group of girls to breed with this year.

only one or two do go broody in any given year

as a rule my Brahmas sometimes do go broody but usually not at this time of year in my climate.

The birds look great, I have been checking in and enjoying seeing them all... My luck and my health have not been good, i am hoping for better luck and health in the new year. Best of luck to you . happy holidays.

Hi Cynthia, sorry that I haven't been able to take the time to have a real dialog, but things are rough for me rt. now...I am very glad that there are no vulture hocks. I cull those birds the min I see one, fortunately I have not had any at all in several generations. The birds are looking...

re USPS employees, i agree that you can get diffrent answers from diffrent employees. I believe i had looked this very issue up in postal regs, and i think that I read that shipped eggs are not covered by insurance even if you manage to get a postal agent to sell you the insurance. T.

Hello, I am glad that the thread that I created has helped so many people, i saw a need and i filled that need with the thread. Regarding the marking issue that you raised, I have never in the many years of purchasing and selling encountered a seller before that flatly refused to mark the box as...

Hello, sorry i haven't replied to your recent im's but going thru very trying personal times. That #1 boy looks like some evidence of vulture hochs but not sure from the angle of the pic. If they are just soft hock feathers thats ok but if you see any primary feathers in hock cull it. That...

this quote was intended to answer newduckie not buffiloridagirl, sorry

do you keep water constantly available, i have seen that water ejection after picking up a bird that had been watered after being very thirsty and they filled their crop to capacity. In my estimation not a problem. As far as the being light on weight, i wouldn't venture to stipulate as to the...

I haven't seen such a pattern pictured but someone out there may be working on it.

Im with you, the characteristics of the pure standard large fowl brahma are what most of us breed for. The only departure is that many of us want to eventually see more color and pattern options beyond the standard Light Brahma, Dark Brahma and Buff Brahmas that are the only colors and paterns...