Brahma

LOVE THIS BIRD! GREAT addition to our flock and I am getting 3 more this year!

I enjoyed having these as they are a great looking bird and a calm non combative breed . For me though , the egg laying just wasn't there . I prefer the heavy egg production of the Comets , Leghorns , and Rhode Island Reds . These are a good breed for younger children to raise as they are not at all aggressive and really easy to handle . Roosters are very attractive .

The biggest, sweetest chickens.

I owen 9 Buff bantam Brahmas and I love them! They are so friendly and calm!

I have two light brahmas, and I love them! They are interesting birds with their huge body mass and feathered feet. Mine are too yound still to lay eggs but should start in a few months. I expect them to be decent year-round egg layers. They handled a few cool nights already, and seem to be a cold hardy bird. They have a ton of fluffy feathers and even feathered feet to keep warm. I do worry about the summer heat given all of the insulation these birds sport, but we have ensured they chickens will have shade and plenty of air flow in the coop during the summer.
They are very calm birds - far more relaxed than my cuckoo maran. I have no issues keeping them with our smaller Gold-Laced Wyandotte and Spotted Sussex. They are great around my toddler too.

I bought one dark Brahma as a chick, and she nursed another chick with wry neck, protecting her and helping her eat. I hatched 11 Brahma chicks, one had terrible splay leg, and another Brahma chick, helped her stay upright, fed her and protected her. Wonderful hens.

My 4 Light Brahma hens were so gentle and sweet girls. They loved to forage and they laid large brown and pink eggs. From the 4 hens I got 1-4 eggs a day depending on the time of year. Definitely recommend this breed for anyone who has young children as Brahmas love to be handled and loved. Plus they’re just so fluffy!

I adore Light Brahmas! They're so very friendly - I've never had a mean Light Brahma rooster. They're all easy to catch, and often come up to you just for attention.

The hens make very good mothers, quite attentive and protective of their chicks. They aren't Silkie or Banty Cochin level broodies, but they will go broody regularly, every spring.

They are excellent foragers, and love chasing bugs in the field! That's something I could sit outside and watch all day, in fact - chicken tv!

They're hardy in all weather. The small combs and heavy layers of feathers make them virtually immune to any level of cold weather, and those same fluffy feathers insulate them from the heat of summer, too.

They are good layers, but start later than most breeds, simply because they spend more time growing. They won't rival, say, Leghorns for egg production, but they are still steady, reliable layers.

Not highly recommended at all.

I have a super cute dark brahma who tramples over my feet for food. Tried to eat my tooth once. I guess i had something stuck in there. I can teach her to jump across things.

A very hardy dual purpose bird that does it all for you. It can be raised for meat and egg production. They can get heavy real quick but not as fast as per say broilers for meat. The egg production is decent but it is not for just solely making eggs. The bird can stand up to all weather but excels the best in cold weather. They are easy to raise and are very docile.

This is by far the best bird I've had. My Buff Brahma, who I appropriately named Buffy, is friendlier than all of my flock, even my Cochins. They are cold hardy and lay quite a lot of eggs, yet you could use them as meat birds if you so desired. Be warned that these girls do however end up towards the bottom of the pecking order if put with more aggressive breeds like RIR. I've never had a bad Brahma though, but I'm sure they're out there.

We love, love, love our Brahmas. Our three girls (2 buff and 1 light) are the "gentle giants" of the flock. They all have friendly, calm personalities, are decent layers, and the first to greet us whenever we arrive back home! Haven't had them over winter, so we will see how their feathered feet do in the snow!

I love my Light Brahma, I got her in spring 2016, so she is about a year and a half old. She is the largest chicken in the flock. She is very loving and sweet and she loves to be held.