Backyard Brahmas!!

[livininbrazil]

Interesting what you wrote about favourite hens. My cock prefers one hen that´s actually not totally a brahma, but is mostly. Interesting thing, she doesn´t go broody. so, she´s always out and about with him....keeps him happy.

 

[CarolinaHen]

Thanks for the advice! Looks like if "size doesn't matter" the Brahma Boys can stay. Until they learn some gentlemanly manners with the ladies, I'll keep them in a separate pen unless we are outside and they can free range. Our Polish is the dominant rooster and is by far the best rooster we've ever had. If these goofy, gangly boys can be taught manners it will b by him and a couple of my bossy hens. I'll try different combinations to see who works best together. You guys are awesome! Thanks!

 

[livininbrazil]

Thanks for the advice! Looks like if "size doesn't matter" the Brahma Boys can stay.

Until they learn some gentlemanly manners with the ladies, I'll keep them in a separate pen unless we are outside and they can free range. Our Polish is the dominant rooster and is by far the best rooster we've ever had. If these goofy, gangly boys can be taught manners it will b by him and a couple of my bossy hens. I'll try different combinations to see who works best together. You guys are awesome! Thanks!

You may find they´re better left in with the Polish. If the polish is indeed the boss, he won´t let them get too out of hand with the gals.
Trying to reintroduce them later could prove to be more tricky as they´ll be that much older and more of a perceived threat to the Polish. I´ve had younger cockerels in with a cock and hens, and if they tried anything sneaky he´d do the cavalry charge complete with trumpet

and do a drop-kick on them!

 

[Summer98]

My rooster is a light brahma with the large comb that doesn't look very pea like to me. He appears to have light frostbite on it and the wattles are frostbitten. I hope he's going to be ok.

 

[SD Bird Lady]

My rooster is a light brahma with the large comb that doesn't look very pea like to me. He appears to have light frostbite on it and the wattles are frostbitten. I hope he's going to be ok.

I have one with that issue too. Its just on his wattles and I can tell by the location its because he gets them wet when he drinks. He/they will be fine but depending on how bad it is they affected part may "fall off"

 

[Jryan18]

I haven't posted here before but had a question. We had 15 light brahma's, most are from hatcheries some are about 9 mo and some are about 16 weeks. We also have or had two a hen and a rooster that we bought from a women that shows them, when we bought them we didn't really ask how old they were bought she said we shouldn't breed them because the were siblings. Well last night the rooster died and I was wondering if it could have been from the cold or if he maybe as just older then we thought. The only inclinations I have to his age that might help you all is he never really tried to mate the other girls and both he and the hen sleep on the floor of the coop. The temp last night was about 2 degrees f and probably -20 with wind chill, but he was the only one that died. I figured that the young chicks would have died from the cold first. I put a heat lamp in tonight( its about 9 degrees right now) but I am second guessing it I was hoping to keep them naturally and have read many people saying that they have chicks that do fine in -30 or even lower temps without heat.

 

[QuoVadis]

So no one can comment as to whether bantam brahmas are as nice as LF Brahmas? I saw some people mention the bantams werent as friendly or calm...

 

[QuoVadis]

I haven't posted here before but had a question. We had 15 light brahma's, most are from hatcheries some are about 9 mo and some are about 16 weeks. We also have or had two a hen and a rooster that we bought from a women that shows them, when we bought them we didn't really ask how old they were bought she said we shouldn't breed them because the were siblings. Well last night the rooster died and I was wondering if it could have been from the cold or if he maybe as just older then we thought. The only inclinations I have to his age that might help you all is he never really tried to mate the other girls and both he and the hen sleep on the floor of the coop. The temp last night was about 2 degrees f and probably -20 with wind chill, but he was the only one that died. I figured that the young chicks would have died from the cold first. I put a heat lamp in tonight( its about 9 degrees right now) but I am second guessing it I was hoping to keep them naturally and have read many people saying that they have chicks that do fine in -30 or even lower temps without heat.

My guess is it wasnt the cold, at least not the cold alone, though it may have had a part in it. Sometimes chickens just die mysteriously... thats what happened to my sweet light brahma hen. She was just dead at the bottom of the coop one [nice fall] morning- but then she was like 8 years old.

 

[livininbrazil]

I have one with that issue too. Its just on his wattles and I can tell by the location its because he gets them wet when he drinks. He/they will be fine but depending on how bad it is they affected part may "fall off"

Just a potty idea, but would vaseline work, just to keep his wattles from getting wet?

 

[livininbrazil]

So no one can comment as to whether bantam brahmas are as nice as LF Brahmas? I saw some people mention the bantams werent as friendly or calm...

I can´t comment, I´ve only the biggies.