Backyard Brahmas!!

[Dish chickens]

Could it be possible a buff Brahma fathered these chicks ? Would explain the color and the feathered legs.

not my brahamas, but I did call the breeder when I saw feathers on the blue hen that hatched out last year. He said that he had cochins as well so I figured cochin was the leg feathers. My concern is, wouldn't the Blue color over power the buff. If the roo was from a BBS with cochin mix in there, would he have had to have buff there as well to throw buff chicks?

 

[bumpercarr]

In the tree right next to the chicken runs. It wouldn't fly away even when I was throwing rocks at it. Finally figured out why, if you take a close look you can see the pigeon that he caught and was trying to eat....didn't want to leave it behind I guess. He finally flew off with his meal and went into a different tree. He's too small to be much of a threat to my brahmas, but still don't want him around. Think he's a sharp shinned?

 

[big medicine]

not my brahamas, but I did call the breeder when I saw feathers on the blue hen that hatched out last year. He said that he had cochins as well so I figured cochin was the leg feathers. My concern is, wouldn't the Blue color over power the buff. If the roo was from a BBS with cochin mix in there, would he have had to have buff there as well to throw buff chicks?

Did some playing around with Henk's calculator, and it looks like your concern may be well founded.

I punched in a blue male to buff female breeding, which it showed producing blue and black chicks of both sexes in equal proportions. Now taking one of these blue chicks to a buff female produced a interesting mixed color hatch of 25% black chicks, even ratio of male and female. 25% even ratio blues, 25% even ratio buffs, 12.5% silver(white) females, and 12.5% gold/silver split males.

The blue male chick produced from the first blue to buff breeding was split gold/silver making it possible to produce such a variety of chicks when bred back to a buff.

 

[big medicine]

In the tree right next to the chicken runs. It wouldn't fly away even when I was throwing rocks at it. Finally figured out why, if you take a close look you can see the pigeon that he caught and was trying to eat....didn't want to leave it behind I guess. He finally flew off with his meal and went into a different tree. He's too small to be much of a threat to my brahmas, but still don't want him around. Think he's a sharp shinned?

Looks like a sharp shinned from where I'm sitting.

 

[bumpercarr]

Looks like a sharp shinned from where I'm sitting.

That's what I was thinking too. It could be a cooper's, but usually they are bigger. This one is about 1/2 the size of an adult Brahma hen.

 

[BeachBumBiddies]

HI all! Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!! I was wondering if anyone had any pics of or owned any Blue Birchen Brahmas, or if that's even a color?? I looked online but didn't really find anything. I am curious to know what they look like because I have a young Blue Brahma cockerel & he has silver hackles. Just wondering if that unusual or what? I thought it might be a birchen pattern or something. I don't have any pics of him though. He is all dark "blue" with silver hackles, no silver anywhere else. Any info is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

 

[BeachBumBiddies]

PS. My Gold Laced Brahma pullets are about 9 months old now & still haven't laid any eggs. Will they just wait until spring or ?? We used to live in SW FL so we never really had a "winter" so my birds always just laid right on through, but now that we live in GA & have a winter (sort of), I'm not too sure if they just don't lay during that time or what. Thanks again.

 

[Dish chickens]

Did some playing around with Henk's calculator, and it looks like your concern may be well founded.

I punched in a blue male to buff female breeding, which it showed producing blue and black chicks of both sexes in equal proportions. Now taking one of these blue chicks to a buff female produced a interesting mixed color hatch of 25% black chicks, even ratio of male and female. 25% even ratio blues, 25% even ratio buffs, 12.5% silver(white) females, and 12.5% gold/silver split males.

The blue male chick produced from the first blue to buff breeding was split gold/silver making it possible to produce such a variety of chicks when bred back to a buff.

Thank you for the validation, I will be removing that one from the orp breeding pen. Now if that roo was paired with a brahama, would it be a nightmare project because of the single comb?

 

[big medicine]

Thank you for the validation, I will be removing that one from the orp breeding pen. Now if that roo was paired with a brahama, would it be a nightmare project because of the single comb?

Your welcome.

I am going to ask you a favor. That being use the term cockerel for a male under a year, cock or cock bird for a male over a year. Some folks feel uneasy using these terms, in that case male will suffice. Pullet for a female under a year, hen for over a year.

As a general rule I tend not to respond to posts that use the term roo, but you seem to have a genuine interest.

As to the comb thing, pea comb is dominant over single. First generation crosses will result in all pea combs of some sort. Some may be a little wonky. If you breed these crosses back together you will get more variation. Just keep picking the ones with the best comb and overall type, and over time It will clean up.

 

[Dish chickens]

Your welcome.

I am going to ask you a favor. That being use the term cockerel for a male under a year, cock or cock bird for a male over a year. Some folks feel uneasy using these terms, in that case male will suffice. Pullet for a female under a year, hen for over a year.

As a general rule I tend not to respond to posts that use the term roo, but you seem to have a genuine interest.

As to the comb thing, pea comb is dominant over single. First generation crosses will result in all pea combs of some sort. Some may be a little wonky. If you breed these crosses back together you will get more variation. Just keep picking the ones with the best comb and overall type, and over time It will clean up.

sorry about the "roo" never referred to them as that until I started reading threads on here and its seem to be the lingo used. I will not make that mistake again, and thank you again