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Thank you, I've always been curious.
Thank you, I've always been curious.
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@Violetsfeathers
Thank you, I've always been curious.
I just see so many poor little hens with naked backs from the roosters. I don't want that to happen to my little girls. Hopefully he'll be a perfect gentleman in every way.
Blooie, were yours hatchery or breeder? North is not anywhere near ready to lay yet and I know will keep growing but she is not nearly as impressive in size as I was thinking she would be. Maybe the rooster is skewing my perception because he is absolutely gigantic, literally twice as big as she is. She is only as big as my last years Buff Orp...though she is my biggest bird till the Brahmas came along and North is only now 23 weeks old.......trying to gauge the differences in the breeds and know what is "normal" at all the different ages and growth rates is a challenge.I need bigger nest boxes for my Brahma Babes.......anyone have a set of plans for a covered aircraft carrier???
My Light Brahma is a bumbling teenager and though he is not mean and is understandably learning the ropes, he uses the top of one of the BO's heads as a handle and has given her a big awful bruise on her head and taken all her feathers off the top of her head trying to balance himself since he is huge and she is regular size.I just see so many poor little hens with naked backs from the roosters. I don't want that to happen to my little girls. Hopefully he'll be a perfect gentleman in every way.
They were hatchery but they are wayyyy bigger than anything else out in the coop - out of the year and half old girls out there the RSLinks are dinky but prolific, the Marans and Easter Eggers are medium, and the Buff Orpington is big. On the other hand, the Light Brahmas are HUGEONIC! I have those plastic nest boxes hanging in the coop and they squeeze into them, but I can guarantee that if there was an egg in there before they decided to climb in it's most likely broken. I have 4 of them, and they are 24 weeks. One of them has been laying for the last 9 days, another started 4 days ago, and a 3rd one laid her first yesterday. One left to go. It's a little early from what I've been reading, but there is no doubt that those eggs were laid by them. I also have 8 Buff Brahmas that are 19 weeks old, and they aren't as giant as the Lights, but they are still pretty doggone big. So I need to get creative here and figure out a better nesting system for them.Blooie, were yours hatchery or breeder? North is not anywhere near ready to lay yet and I know will keep growing but she is not nearly as impressive in size as I was thinking she would be. Maybe the rooster is skewing my perception because he is absolutely gigantic, literally twice as big as she is. She is only as big as my last years Buff Orp...though she is my biggest bird till the Brahmas came along and North is only now 23 weeks old.......trying to gauge the differences in the breeds and know what is "normal" at all the different ages and growth rates is a challenge.