Backyard Brahmas!!

[livininbrazil]

Never thought of it that way!!

Actually, that doesn´t make sense to me, as if you have just, say, 4 hens together with one cock, but all 4 hens with exceptionally fluffy butts manage to lay 100% fertile eggs, like mine, how can fertility have anything to do with the fluffiness of their butts? !

Just a thought.....

 

[SD Bird Lady]

Since birds only have cloaca and not actual genitals, there is more likely hood that the extra fluff can obstruct the opening and thus keep the semen from the Rooster from entering the Hen. It is only a complication in some birds, there is also the age of the birds, the size / coordination, the number of hens, energy levels, etc... many variables.

 

[livininbrazil]

Since birds only have cloaca and not actual genitals, there is more likely hood that the extra fluff can obstruct the opening and thus keep the semen from the Rooster from entering the Hen. It is only a complication in some birds, there is also the age of the birds, the size / coordination, the number of hens, energy levels, etc... many variables.

Yes I know.

Thank you, though.
But what I meant was, that although they´re really fluffy, there´s certainly no problem for my cockbird in finding the target...it´s not exactly small, andthe hens are very accommodating. I´ve never seen fluff obstuction.

 

[big medicine]

Yes I know.

Thank you, though.
But what I meant was, that although they´re really fluffy, there´s certainly no problem for my cockbird in finding the target...it´s not exactly small, andthe hens are very accommodating. I´ve never seen fluff obstuction.

Take a gander under a show quality Cochin sometime.

 

[livininbrazil]

Take a gander under a show quality Cochin sometime.

I doubt I´d ever find a show-quality cochin here. All the breeds are pretty middle-road. Probably why I don´t find any fertility problems, eh?

 

[livininbrazil]

AND I´d be very surprised if a hen would present herself to me the way she´d present herself to a cock-bird!

However fluffy or fluff-less she was! So, then Big Med, what do you reckon is a good ratio for Brahmas for SD Birdlady?

 

[Summer98]

This is getting quite funny.

 

[livininbrazil]

This is getting quite funny.

 

[big medicine]

AND I´d be very surprised if a hen would present herself to me the way she´d present herself to a cock-bird!

However fluffy or fluff-less she was! So, then Big Med, what do you reckon is a good ration for Brahmas for SD Birdlady?

Yeah I don't put the effort into the feed some folks do, they would probably be better than me at making such suggestions.

I have feed ground, the blend varies by time of year and who's eating it. Basically corn, and poultry supplement. Oyster shell ground in for the layers. Calf manna added during breeding season, and for youngsters. Try to keep about 18% protein, up to 20% or so for growing youngsters. I use commercial pre bagged chick starter, as long as it is animal protein based.

 

[livininbrazil]

Yeah I don't put the effort into the feed some folks do, they would probably be better than me at making such suggestions.

I have feed ground, the blend varies by time of year and who's eating it. Basically corn, and poultry supplement. Oyster shell ground in for the layers. Calf manna added during breeding season, and for youngsters. Try to keep about 18% protein, up to 20% or so for growing youngsters. I use commercial pre bagged chick starter, as long as it is animal protein based.

Sorry, I did a typing error..I didn´t mean to write 'ration', I wanted to write 'ratio'...we were talking about how many cocks to brahma hens. As, apparently fluffy butts get in the way of the cockerel´s service!

I´m sure you know a good ratio....And useful ration info, too....thanks