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The start of crowing depends on the breed. I have egg farm leghorn cockerels that start crowing around 12-16 weeks and I also have brahmas that start crowing at 24+ weeks. I think it may depend on how fast the breed matures and the duration of light per day (seasonal).

A 15 week old gold laced brahma hen. Her shoulder feathers don't have complete lacing and posture and carriage isn't so brahma like but I hope that'll change when we move her out to a bigger area and when she matures. 8 or 9 month old buff laced brahma hen. Her back feathers have poor lacing...

Hey All, just wanted to share some pics of some of my buff laced brahmas. One of my 9 week old buff laced cockerels. A 8 month old female. Already laying eggs. Lacing is nice on the front but bad on the back.

Something I notice is that the hind area is a bit thin. Brahmas should have wider butts lol. I think the thing hind area may be a bigger issue than the thinner tail. That being said she's still a nice looking hen.

If they're done molting, it's probably due to seasonal photoperiod changes. Chicken maturation and egg laying follows the duration of light they receive per day. With my brahmas, I notice that they need a minimum of 12 hours to even be laying eggs at all. But when I'm trying to get a lot of eggs...

How big is the jersey giant rooster? And how old?

Would you still give this advice even if the hen isn't the dominant hen of the flock? I'm just wondering.

Anyone here have issues with brahma cockerel's feathers growing super slowly on the back to the tail and other birds biting them in the bare areas? This has been a recurring issue with my flock and whenever I raise a group of brahmas from chicks this happens...

This. The genetics remains 50/50 but after fertilization, it could be that males die off at lower temps and females at higher temps. That's not temp determining the sex; it's just temp determining survival.

She could be homozygous for dominant white which apparently lightens the gold to yellow. I think that's why many buff laced breeders breed heterozygous Dom white chickens with gold laced to maintain the gold color.

I bought a dozen of the fertile TJ white eggs and had 4 leghorn hens hatch out. One of the hens died right before egg laying. These hens mature pretty quickly and lay like crazy. Basically daily... My neighborhood market had brown fertile eggs and I had 2 hath out then die. But I think that...

Hi all, I was wondering if Anyone is currently raising a flock of Corndels or know of anyone doing so. I'm interested in having a flock of them as backyard meat birds.

How big is a large size modern game hen? And do they also get broody frequently? I'm looking to have a breed of chickens just for broodiness but would help if they can also function as meat birds :)

Yeah. And so far, most of people's reviews on them seem good.