Backyard Brahmas!!

[Junibutt]

Last year I bought some hatchery lights and they were darker color like yours are. They could still be lights even though they aren't all yellow. Good luck.

Thanks, fingers crossed for at least 8 weeks

 

[outlander]

Thanks for starting this friendly thread

I have Australorps and Barred Rocks, this is my first experience with Brahmas. I got two dozen Buffs from TSC on Friday....pretty excited to get to know this breed!!

As a Brahma noob, I have some beginner questions - starting with the color variations on the chicks.

As the pictures below will illustrate, my batch of Buffs contains the well known dark body/yellow wing combo, but also dark body/dark wing, all golden, and all golden with stripes. All chicks have feathered legs so I'm confident that they're Brahmas at least!

So I guess my question is...are they all Buffs?

 

[bumpercarr]

Here you go, pictures of the 7 week old that was injured and the 4 weeks olds. The little one in the food tray is the runt of the coop, 1/2 the size of all of the rest. I think it is a cockerel, but I think the rest are pullets. Let me know what you think.

 

[trueblue1]

Thanks for starting this friendly thread
So I guess my question is...are they all Buffs?

I would say the first picture are the buffs. I have 12- 10 week old buffs and as tiny chicks they looked like yours. As for the second picture I'd say Dark but that's a guess really. Have fun with them, I know I have.
Welcome to the thread.

 

[trueblue1]

Here you go, pictures of the 7 week old that was injured and the 4 weeks olds. The little one in the food tray is the runt of the coop, 1/2 the size of all of the rest. I think it is a cockerel, but I think the rest are pullets. Let me know what you think.

Oh bumpercarr she/he looks good. I'm so happy she/he was able to recovery from it's tramuatizing experience. How's the older bird?

 

[bumpercarr]

Oh bumpercarr she/he looks good. I'm so happy she/he was able to recovery from it's tramuatizing experience. How's the older bird?

I think it's a she.

Still holding her own, she's eating and drinking but need supplemental water as she's not getting enough. I'm giving her an additional 2-3 teaspoons 3 times a day, that is way down from the 2-3 teaspoons every hour! But, she's eating and drinking so things aren't looking so grim anymore. Thanks for asking!

 

[trueblue1]

I think it's a she. 

Still holding her own, she's eating and drinking but need supplemental water as she's not getting enough.  I'm giving her an additional 2-3 teaspoons 3 times a day, that is way down from the 2-3 teaspoons every hour!  But, she's eating and drinking so things aren't looking so grim anymore.  Thanks for asking!

That's great to hear...I hope she continues a successful recovery. She sounds like a fighter.

 

[trueblue1]

Some of my honeys checking out their oak tree roost....

 

[outlander]

I would say the first picture are the buffs. I have 12- 10 week old buffs and as tiny chicks they looked like yours. As for the second picture I'd say Dark but that's a guess really. Have fun with them, I know I have.
Welcome to the thread.

Thank you, trueblue

Took the peeps out for some Easter sunshine and an introduction to the compost pile...

 

[Rhandi74]

Happy Easter!!!