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Well, there has definitely been some weather stress while I was gone. Got hot, and fast. We'll see what happens....I don't see this same problem in the cockerels, they seem to be coloring out as they should, but of course they are behind the pullet. Another stress was that these were shipped...

Interesting observation. It is definitely a partial pattern. I like it, but it isn't what I'm working towards. Still, like you I'm thinking that she may molt out into a full pattern. Before this layer of feathers came in, she had a very distinct pattern through out. I went away for three...

Thanks, that helps. She is the pullet (only one) that I got from Kim & Kendra. I'm pretty sure that she is related to the males that I got from them, so I'll be putting a split that I hatched this year over her in all likelihood. I'm not sure what they used to improve type, I'm thinking maybe...

@big medicine , do you have any idea what caused the mottling on this girls paint? I know that when you breed dark cocks that have white where they shouldn't that they can produce some great color. Do you think the same hold true for females? She has the most defined penciling I've ever seen...

I think they are lovely.

Sorry to hear that you've had such a bad experience this year. I also have had some problems with shipped eggs, only 4 starters out of 18 eggs in one shipment, only one hatched. The second shipment I had great prospects, 10 out of 12 started, 8 matured and then the day before hatch the power...

Sounds like you have a good plan. Wow, that is a really strict rule, there are several breeds that don't mature that quickly. I guess you can always try to set some eggs on December 11th, then they will hatch on New Years day. Anyway, I'm glad to see that we have some young blood on the...

The babies should be fine for that. Are you planning on showing them in 4-H this year? Brahmas take over a year to reach full potential. I would hatch chicks this summer for next summer's fair. If you need some for this summer, I would either buy some juveniles if you can find some (I don't...

The answer is complicated. Did you read the article I posted for you to read? http://poultrykeeper.com/poultry-breeding/recessive-genes-faults I'm sure you want a quick answer, but like I said, it is complicated. The split wing trait is recessive. This means it take two copies of the split...

Try this article: http://poultrykeeper.com/poultry-breeding/recessive-genes-faults

Yeah, that looks like a split wing. I don't have any idea about the genetics of that so I can't really help I'm afraid. Have you done any research?

How do you know that you have split wings? I hadn't heard about that being a big problem in brahmas, but I could be wrong.

Yes. They would have a 50% chance of carrying. If the mother was carrying as well, 25% would show them, 50% would be carriers and 25% would be VH free....that is provided that both parents are carriers and neither is showing VHs.

I'm sorry, I must have missed your post in the backyard thread or I would have answered. I see it in them at about 4-6 weeks. I know that you got some of your birds out of Texas (I won't say the breeder, you know who I'm talking about), are these chicks from those? If so, you probably do have...

If you post a picture we can probably let you know if it is a cockerel or a pullet. Generally speaking, neither sex is aggressive, but I have noticed that my pullet/hens tend to hog the food dish more than any of the cockerels/cock birds and will let another chicken know if it is interfering...

LOL, too funny. I can also attest that there is no money to be made in chickens. However, as a renewable resource for protein, they are by far the best choice. That said, if you are raising them as a renewable resource and you chose Brahmas, well, you have to either have a lot of chickens or...

You can check on the American Brahma Club website under breeders to see if anyone there is working on SL/GL. I know that High View Farms in Texas has gold laced, but I think that they are sold out right now....you can check with them though. I can't guarantee that they don't carry the VH gene...

Sounds like you've been busy. My project (gold partridge) is going okay, have had some serious setbacks and some not so serious setbacks. I'm starting over this spring since I lost all of my birds last spring to predators. I have a very small flock, so when a predator gets them they tend to...

Are you asking one of us in particular or just in general?

Pea and rose comb are dominant. If the bird has both a pea gene and a rose gene it will produce a walnut comb. Because a pea comb and a rose comb are dominant, it requires only one copy to show. A rose combed bird one of two combinations of genes, Rrpp or RRpp. A pea combed bird has one of...