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How's that brahma x Easter Egger chick looking? I want to see pictures!

I like seeing the barnyard crosses, it's so neat.

As for my skinny brahmas, I'm going to give it time. They eat plenty. We shall see this summer. I also have a huge mountain of snow covering my garden. I'm hoping to see it come May too. Can you share more pictures of your Brahma x EE chick? I tried hatching that out once and the chick...

It could be something genetic, as the birds are from a hatchery and I'm sure they are related. My newer brahmas are looking good and have less black on the feathers. Maybe they are a different blood line than my others.

I haven't been feeding this flock scratch, but I do give them black oil sunflower seeds for added protein. The reason I am suspicious of impacted gizzard is because we have dealt with that last summer and lost several. We cut two open to verify the diagnosis. All the birds are able to eat and...

Almost 2 years old.

Anyone else have problems with their brahmas getting gizzard impaction and consequently starving? My older flock has free-ranged and grass impaction in the gizzard (not crop) has been a huge battle. So this winter, I thought I would be sure to add grit directly into their feed and it should...

This is getting quite funny.

I read once that Brahma roosters can breed less hens than normal. I'm not sure why, but I recall reading it. So the ratio to hens is lower I guess.

My rooster is a light brahma with the large comb that doesn't look very pea like to me. He appears to have light frostbite on it and the wattles are frostbitten. I hope he's going to be ok.

My hatchery brahmas are small, which is the part I don't like. I wanted giants. But I still love everything else about them. Brahmas are considered to have pea combs right? Whey does my rooster's comb not look like "a row of peas" like the girls? It looks more like a rose comb (I think)...

Nice. I'm jealous.

More pictures, more pictures! Brahmas are eye candy.

I'd like to see what the black cockerel will grow up to look like. They are all pretty of course, as all brahmas are.

I've found my black australorps to be so broody, that I don't get many eggs from them. They are indeed friendly, as their reputation states, but the egg production is low, to the contrary. I still enjoy having a few of them, but I would never have them in large numbers. We do have a lot of...

I noticed today that one of my brahma cockerels was making a funny sound all day long. It wasn't crowing. It wasn't the screach sound they make when eating either. It was sort of a humming and squaking. It's hard to describe, but yet I have not experienced it before. I went in at night when...

My chickens don't like snow either. They will come for scratch grains, but they don't like it. If it's cold enough, they won't even come out for treats. It's seems like they don't like getting their feet wet.

Yes, they are very cold hardy. I live in MN. My only complaint is they don't lay very much, especially considering how much they eat. But the fact that they lay in the winter is impressive. My Easter Eggers quit laying in the winter, and the Brahmas continue.

My rooster in my avatar was handled a ton from day one and he is the sweetest, most mellow rooster. I love him. So I have my doubts about handling 100% because I think genetics plays a role, in addition to handling. But we'll see. It's not like I've had 50 roosters. Ask me 20 years from...

I'm not an expert rooster analyst, but I think the aggressive behavior would make the situation worse. I agree with the other statement about holding the rooster down instead. It's the same with rams. We would never hit our ram or rub his head--they see it as a challenge and you want to fight...