Backyard Brahmas!!

[newmarch2014]

Honestly not sure since they are from my local feed store that uses 3 of the large hatcheries. They are pretty, they have filled out niceley where they are hollow in the pics since they were still very young there. I suggest a lot of good food mine tried their best to eat me out of house and coop as they packed on their size.

 

[oldfartfarmer]

2 week old,,,,
i was told these are Buff when do they turn "Buff" ?

 

[speckledhen]

2 week old,,,,
i was told these are Buff when do they turn "Buff" ?

They don't seem like Buffs to me. Maybe Darks? But even those have chipmunk stripes, not that dark all over. They do have the proper feathers on the outer leg/toe like a Brahma. I've not seen a Buff Brahma chick that super dark. Let me see if I can find a picture of my own Buff Brahma as a chick for you. It's been over 9 years (she's still with me) but let me look.

 

[speckledhen]

Here is my Buff as a chick. They do lighten up as they feather in so maybe yours are just extra dark. Now that I look at yours again, I see some buff peeking through the fluff so just wait a little bit, @oldfartfarmer

 

[oldfartfarmer]

Here is my Buff as a chick. They do lighten up as they feather in so maybe yours are just extra dark. Now that I look at yours again, I see some buff peeking through the fluff so just wait a little bit, @oldfartfarmer

Thank you very much

 

[speckledhen]

Looking to see pictures of my Caroline as she got older so you can see when they'll lighten up. She's about 4-5 weeks old here.

 

[oldfartfarmer]

thank you,
I've got the 6 chicks in a big trunk in the house with a heat lamp,

where do i put the chick grit?
I've read to put in a clod of grass?
and
a dirt bath,--regular garden dirt?

I've 2 1-week old Jersey giants,
and
4 2-week olds 2 buffs and 2 Easter eggers

never raised chicks before

 

[speckledhen]

thank you,
I've got the 6 chicks in a big trunk in the house with a heat lamp,

where do i put the chick grit?
I've read to put in a clod of grass?
and
a dirt bath,--regular garden dirt?

I've 2 1-week old Jersey giants,
and
4 2-week olds 2 buffs and 2 Easter eggers

never raised chicks before

If they are ONLY eating their crumble, they don't need grit yet, only if they get anything else. I don't put in grass, only a dishpan full of yard dirt for them to get used to and start building immunity to coccidiosis and play in and they'll also dustbathe in it.

 

[Lady Who]

If your feeding them anything that's not chick food they need grit and a little dust bath fine, I find that my hen will use garden dirt mixed with a bit of wood ash but for babies, I think just dirt is fine

 

[oldfartfarmer]

ok so i called the hardware store, they have been given the "mech ? merk" ? shot but not the coccidiosis shot,,,

I'm stupid, please teach me----so do i put them on the medicated food?