Backyard Brahmas!!

[newmarch2014]

Just so you have some references to look at that may help you as you watch....The tail feathers that count are the ones from the saddle, see those ponty ones coming in on this cockerels tail in front of the black tail feathers/ they are pointy compared to ....his female counterpart that has fluffy rounded saddle feathers.This last pic shows them together, you can see the difference in tail feathers as well as face too, they were about 15 weeks if I remember right....

 

[Britney M]

I'll watch for that thanks

 

[chickenlickin8]

I'm thinking of getting a Light Brahma. Are they good layers?

 

[Britney M]

These are my first my mom had one and she was a great layer

 

[SD Bird Lady]

I have some that lay 4-5 eggs a week and some who average 2/week. All of mine are hatchery stock.

 

[Lady Who]

My two standeredsize light Bramhas lay everyday but they are not hatchery stock.

My Bramha broody again XD she so cute when she broody

 

[greenfeathers]

About what age did these girls start laying?

 

[newmarch2014]

My hatchery stock Light started laying at a little over 6 mos old and lays 3-4 eggs a week. She eats enough for 3 standard size birds so not really an economical choice but she is very sweet and fun to watch and puts off a lot of heat in the coop in the winter keeping my skinnier girls warmer so she earns her keep in other ways.

 

[Lady Who]

My bantam Bramha took a while to lay and my standeredsize I got when they were a year old

 

[SD Bird Lady]

My hatchery stock Light started laying at a little over 6 mos old and lays 3-4 eggs a week. She eats enough for 3 standard size birds so not really an economical choice but she is very sweet and fun to watch and puts off a lot of heat in the coop in the winter keeping my skinnier girls warmer so she earns her keep in other ways. 

They are definitely big eaters but its funny you mention the heat thing. My leghorns are always amid the fluff in winter but in the summer i move my "big girls" out to our old grainry where it stays cool...they just don't handle heat quite as well.