Boy Brahmas are so small!

[CA Bean]

Boy I just got some almost 3 week old light Brahmas which I am really stoked on but boy they are so much smaller than my other almost 3 week olds. I hear they are slow to mature but had no idea..they look like a couple day olds or 1 week olds.

I thought they could be moved out with my other ones but they don't have as many feathers in as the others so I guess they will still stay in the house.

(I just moved my others outside with a light in a small temp coop.)

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

Are you sure you got standards? could they be bantam light brahmas?

 

[Mrs MIA]

Just you wait... I've had them close to 20 pounds at 20 weeks...

 

[CA Bean]

Oh Jeez..didn't think of that...I got them at a feed store and they just said light Brahmas..??? I don't think they said bantam.

Here is a pic of them. They were born on the 20th of Aug.
Aren't they cute?

 

[dacjohns]

Sorry but they don't look like Light Brahmas, maybe Buff?
Do they have feathered feet?

My Light Brahmas were white with some black markings.

 

[LoveMyPeeps]

I wonder if they aren't Bantys! My farm store is vague at labeling their chicks, too, I've learned.

p.s. they are adorable!!!

 

[CA Bean]

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Yes, they have the cute feathered feet.

 

[speckledhen]

Seemed to me that the Brahmas were smaller than I expected when I got my two girls, but they were definitely standards.

 

[mylilchix]

I have buff and light brahmas and they seem to grow slower. I think I read that feather leg chickens grow slower than non feather legs. Mine were tiny, but at 13 weeks they're huge!!
Sonja

 

[AK-Bird-brain]

Mrs. AK-BB here...
The hatchery light brahmas that I received this year looked just like that... they are no where close to the standard, but they are growing up to be beautiful birds. More black on them. My RIRxLB crosses are closer to the LB standard than the ones I got from the hatchery.

They are beautiful babies...