Blue Partridge Brahma

[djcap]

I know. I am addicted to chickens.

Yup they get big. My avatar is my light brahma rooster Marcy who I had to rehome. I miss him.

Why?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

The Blue , Splash and Golds are all good looking birds and each color has different shades

Where did you acquire the blue, splash, & gold brahmas? I didn’t know they came in those colors.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Why?

Neighbors. Also not allowed to have roosters in my town, but I can hear the train clearly at 10 pm!

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

How much do you charge for pullets?

 

[djcap]

Where did you acquire the blue, splash, & gold brahmas? I didn’t know they came in those colors.

GREEN FIRE FARMS!
Takes a second to wrap your head around this....The overall color variety is called Blue Partridge Brahma. The Andalusian Blue gene that is responsible for their blue color in one mating hatches chicks in 3 different colors. Below, is how the gene works. The lighter ones you refer to are called splash and or red pyle or can be a very light blue. You will also have chicks that are black and gold/red called Gold and lastly, Blue and Gold/red are blues. We send chicks in the colors as hatched. It is very hard with real accuracy to tell the difference between a blue or gold blue partridge Brahma chick until they are about 3-5 weeks of age....



How the Andalusian Blue Gene works For Black, Blue, and Splash (BBS)

When breeding with the andalusian blue gene, one mating can give you 3 colors of chicks.

The gene for Andalusian Blue is a WYSIWYG gene. The visible plumage color is the color of the genetics. There is no need to do test matings to find out if it is present. The gene is a dominate blue, effecting black and little effect on red. The blue gene not present is a black bird (Feathers are Black and Gold), one blue gene will change a black bird to blue ( Blue and red) where 2 blue genes will change black to a whitish bird with splashes of gray/blue/red.

Below is the different combinations of matings between the 3 colors of BBS. The percentages are based on 100 chicks hatched.

➢ Gold x Gold = 100% Gold

➢ Gold x Blue = 50% Gold and 50% Blue

➢ Gold x Splash = 100% Blue

➢ Blue x Blue = 25% Gold, 50% Blue and 25% Splash

➢ Blue x Splash = 50% Blue and 50% Splash

➢ Splash x Splash = 100% Splash

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Wow. That is a lot to digest. Thank you for that detailed reply.

 

[djcap]

How much do you charge for pullets?

at 8 weeks old they are $25.00 each the older they get the more they cost.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

That’s a bit pricey for me at the time being.

 

[djcap]

The Blue Partridge Brahma are really big! full grown hens will be 10 lb's and roosters will be 12 - 13 lb's they are also (very, very, rare) in the USA very hard to find, may only be a hand full of people that have them in the USA I have 3 pullets that are 3 months old right now two blue and one splash, if you take them now I will sell for $20.00 each but must take all 3 of them and you must pick them up, I will not ship!

 

[Prairie Fleur]

The Blue Partridge Brahma are really big! full grown hens will be 10 lb's and roosters will be 12 - 13 lb's they are also (very, very, rare) in the USA very hard to find, may only be a hand full of people that have them in the USA I have 3 pullets that are 3 months old right now two blue and one splash, if you take them now I will sell for $20.00 each but must take all 3 of them and you must pick them up, I will not ship!

Ugh wish I wasn't so far away. I lost my Blue Partridge hens to either illness or predators this last winter (I had just had a baby so wasn't able to monitor my flock like I would have liked.) and I'm wanting to get some more pullets. Oh well, I'll keep looking.