Backyard Brahmas!!

[Loc20chick]

Anyone with Brahmas close to Salisbury MD will to sell either fertile eggs, chicks or pullets this summer?

 

[Dish chickens]

I think bumpercarr covered things pretty well.

The only time I can think of using the word roo might actually cost you is in a junior showmanship class where the judge asks the kids direct questions about their bird, and tests their general poultry knowledge. For the rest of us it is just a pretty good indicator as to a persons general level of poultry knowledge.

Feathered legs is dominant in a first generation cross with a clean legged breed. Breeding those chicks together will usually produce some chicks with better feathered legs than their parents, some that have varying degrees of sparce feathered legs (like their parents), and some clean legged chicks.

So if you cross clean leg with feather leg..their chic's back to clean leg would that breed out the feathers or just weaken them?

 

[BeachBumBiddies]

My young Blue Brahma cockerel. His parents are imports. I was wondering if anyone else had Blues with this silver hackle thing goin on? I think I like it. lol

 

[big medicine]

So if you cross clean leg with feather leg..their chic's back to clean leg would that breed out the feathers or just weaken them?

Keep selecting clean legged chicks for the next generation breeders and you will eventually breed out all traces of feathered legs. May take a few generations to remove all residual feather stubbing.

 

[Amberjem]

 

[SD Bird Lady]

@anac1979 how old is he? Obviously under a year, but he seems so well feathered everywhere but his head. So, I was just curious. I have no experience with blues.

 

[BeachBumBiddies]

He's about 12 weeks old....he's getting huge! this is my 1st pair of Blues as well...I know neither of them are perfect but I think i have something I can work with....

 

[SD Bird Lady]

I've always loved blue birds. Sorry I can't help with your question, but I love seeing the "non standard" colors.

 

[BeachBumBiddies]

Oh, it's quite alright..I was just curious..I love the silver hackles he's got & am going to try to work on that as well as the standard. I like crazy colors as well.

 

[BeachBumBiddies]

Has anyone ever had problems with the legs of their chicks turning out? It's not "splayed leg" though, it's something else. I wanted to know if it's genetic. Everything I read is "it's this or it's that'. Just wondering if anyone else had this experience? I got some eggs from ebay, & while most of the eggs hatched, some of them are messed up-having this leg thing & 2 even have beaks that turn sideways. It's not "scissor beak", but it looks like their whole face turns sideways. Needless to say, I will be culling or putting them in the pot if they live. I also bought other eggs from this person (before this hatch) & NONE hatched. I know they say hatch rate is poor in shipped eggs but this lady didn't even care enough to answer me. She's out of Harmony, NC.