Light, Buff, Dark, Gold, Black, White, Blue, and Blue Columbian.
Breed Size
Large Fowl
APA/ABA Class
Asiatic
There has been considerable controversy over the true origins of the Brahma breed, but appears to have developed in the US originally, from birds imported from China. They were send off from the port of Shanghai and were thus known as "Shanghai birds". Brahmas as we know them were first exported to England in December 1852, when George Burnham sent nine "Gray Shanghaes" to Queen Victoria as a gift. The Dark Brahma variety was developed by English breeders from this stock and later exported to the United States, where the Brahma was the principal meat bird from the 1850's to around 1930. Some of these birds were very big, with males weighing in at up to 18 lb and females at 13 lb.
The Light and Dark Brahma were developed and included in the first edition of the American Poultry Association's Standard of Perfection in 1874 and the Buff variety was added in 1924. The Australian Poultry Association has accepted black, blue, partridge, crele and barred varieties of Brahma in addition to the standard light, dark, and buff.
Brahma eggs
Brahma chick
Brahma juveniles
Brahma hen
Brahma rooster
For more about Brahmas and their owners' and breeders' experiences with this breed, see our breed discussion here:
Pros: So fluffy!
Cuddly
I love the feather pattern!
Cons: not heat hardy
My brahma is so cuddly and fluffy. I love her so much even though i'm pretty sure she hates me. I'm in New England, and we have cold winters (why I got a brahma) and very hot summers (which i forgot to consider). Also very unpredictable weather. My Light brahma is very big and covered with dense fluff, not great when we got a heat wave this year. However I'm definitely getting more brahmas, I love their massiveness, maybe a buff.
Used to have 2 brahma's in the past and what is written all over about their character is a fact , very lovely birds yet I'm afraid they are too friendly if in a mixed flock towards the other birds . Lookes as if they were just fine being bullied all the time and they get broody constantly . It was a hard winter and yet they both decided to go broody ?? after they went trough the winter and were broody of , the first sun was enough for them to go broody once again , once stopped they started again a few months later when the temperature outside got up , and they were steady about their choices . Nothing worked to get them broody of so I sold these but going to purchase a few back because it is indeed a very nice bird , can't wait untill next month ( They are already reserved for me ) just very gentle snuggles !
I will be getting my first set of Brahma chicks next week! have read a lot of good about them so am hoping they are going to be a great addition to our flock.
Bought 4 light on the 4th, 4 Buff eggs. One egg was a dud but here's fingers crossed that all the others hatch tomorrow! Hubby say I can buy 12 more babies as soon as our supplier has them.
I bought 3 buff Brahma chicks from a hatchery. By 7 weeks I sold them because they were extremely flighty as if they were brought in from the wild! Also they were always screaming their little heads off to the point I just wanted them gone. 4 other breeds that came with them were calm, friendly, much quieter babies. Nevr again!
