Backyard Brahmas!!

[kaelen37]

Perfect. My guess was three pullets and a cockerel. I'm used to bantams so they seem huge! At six weeks they are the same size as a two year old hen I have lol. Thanks again

 

[bumpercarr]

Perfect. My guess was three pullets and a cockerel. I'm used to bantams so they seem huge! At six weeks they are the same size as a two year old hen I have lol. Thanks again

Just wait 'til they are full grown.....you ain't seen nothin' yet.

 

[newmarch2014]

Perfect. My guess was three pullets and a cockerel. I'm used to bantams so they seem huge! At six weeks they are the same size as a two year old hen I have lol. Thanks again

haha
This is my 4 1/2 month old Light Brahma Rooster, he is standing next to a block that is 8" tall with a waterer that is 11" tall on top of it. He will keep growing for awhile yet.....

 

[21hens-incharge]

Quote: He is FANTASTIC! I am looking forward to my girls getting their full size on.

 

[newmarch2014]

He is FANTASTIC! I am looking forward to my girls getting their full size on.

He is pretty impressive even if I do say so myself. Also so far I am loving his crowing habits, The first day he figured out he could crow he walked around doing it nonstop for a few days, then the next day there was one crow before he came out of the coop, for the past few days it has been no crowing whatsoever.

 

[islafarm]

Oh that's cute! I wonder if he's trying to work out what his next achievement will be . . . Maybe the egg laying intrigues him? Maybe he's just content being a pretty boy.

 

[sroy]

This might be a silly question, but how long do brahmas grow? Taller and broader, bigger. I've have 10 week olds, I'm curious how much bigger they will get.

 

[islafarm]

Hi sroy there's a sweet picture of a rooster just a few posts back from yours, he's standing beside something 19 inches high. Roosters can get to 2 foot tall, hens maybe 18 inches, roosters can weigh over 12 pounds, hens 9. Big ol' birds

 

[sroy]

Hi sroy there's a sweet picture of a rooster just a few posts back from yours, he's standing beside something 19 inches high. Roosters can get to 2 foot tall, hens maybe 18 inches, roosters can weigh over 12 pounds, hens 9. Big ol' birds

Thanks, I know they get pretty darn big. I got mine from a hatchery and wondering how long they grow

 

[newmarch2014]

Well they say full maturity is 2 years old but just like a puppy gains most of the growth in the first 6 mos and just adds a bit more size and mostly girth after that I am counting on the same thing with the rooster. So far at 4 1/2 mos old he is a full 4 inches taller than my largest hen that is a huge Buff Orpington. He only weighs as much as her though (almost 8 lbs) So I would bet now he will just start putting on weight mostly. He is already so big that getting up on on something a foot off the ground takes some effort for him. He thinks about it for a very long time.