Backyard Brahmas!!

[speckledhen]

They are in the transition coop, will be in the barn in a few days in the grow-out pen with a dozen Barred Rock chicks who are two weeks older. That should be interesting.

 

[Lady Who]

They are in the transition coop, will be in the barn in a few days in the grow-out pen with a dozen Barred Rock chicks who are two weeks older. That should be interesting.

Are those your darks or buffs?

 

[speckledhen]

Are those your darks or buffs?

There are two Darks and seven Blue Partridge x Partridge, so I'm not sure yet which is a blue partridge and which is a straight partridge (aka Gold). No Buffs in there.

 

[chrismelville21]

As mentioned earlier, it'll be more accurate in a few weeks. But, I'm guessing that third picture is of a cockrel. See how there are three vertical rows of bumps on the comb? Typically the sign of a boy. But time will tell! I'll be curious to see new pics in a few weeks

 

[Love4zion]

My 11 week old

 

[anderhill]

What color is this? Supposed to be out of Blue/Gold Partridge

 

[speckledhen]

What color is this? Supposed to be out of Blue/Gold Partridge

I'm no expert on this color variety as they grow up, but it appears to me to be a Blue Partridge. I could definitely be wrong.


Here are mine at 2 weeks old today. I see that the cockerels (I think, drawing from experience with my Orp feathering) have considerably longer flight feathers so I think I have a decent amount of pullets among the 9 chicks.









Dead center, turned to the left, is a Partridge cockerel, if I'm not mistaken. I think I also have a few blue partridge in there, if the faded looking-as-opposed-to-black in the wing feathers are an indications.

 

[anderhill]

Ok, I was hoping that's what it is... next question does it have vulture hocks? They aren't stiff feathers but soft.

 

[speckledhen]

Ok, I was hoping that's what it is... next question does it have vulture hocks? They aren't stiff feathers but soft.

It does sort of appear to have vulture hocks. There is a discussion of those in the ongoing Brahma project thread started a few years ago by big medicine that I was reading just today. I'm no expert, but big medicine has a lot to say about vulture hocks in that thread you may want to read. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/525544/ongoing-brahma-projects-thread

 

[anderhill]

Yes, I've seen that thread by Big Medicine, I'm not planning on using this Brahma, but am trying to learn