Brabanters and Spitzhaubens--The Differences PIC HEAVY!

[hallerlake]

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My cockerel has been taking care of business, but I'm going to wait until next year to try hatching.

 

[Blue]

Thought I'd put a little life back in the thread by posting updated pics of some of the gold brabanters I got from Ideal in May. Any critiques or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Sorry for the picture overload!

Cockerel - I want to name him, but I keep going back and forth between Yeager and Phoenix (He has a bit of wattle showing, his comb is kind of funky, and I wish he had a fuller tail, but I'm pretty happy with his crest, and I really like his chest spangles.)

My two best pullets for crests and beards (the markings on my pullets are all over the place)
Mo(hawk)

Mrs. Lincoln (otherwise known as Abe)

Some of the other ladies: (Beardless, Windy, and one of the Alfalfa~Buckwheat girls)

 

[EweSheep]

The roo is one handsome Brabanter! He still needs improvement with spangles on his tail but with selective girls for him, his sons and daughters would not have that smudge looking tails.

The girls are pretty as they can be! Be careful about breeding those backward crests and beardless and wrong spanglings. Sometimes those things can pass down to the offsprings and you would have much harder work to do.

 

[allen wranch]

They all look pretty good, except as Robin noted.

Even though not "standard", the Alfalfa~Buckwheat girl is adorable !

Just keep your best, and cull the rest. If not breeding stock, they make great pets.

 

[Blue]

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Yes, the tails are a problem. There are a couple hens who have pretty good tails, but the smudge look is something I noticed on most of mine to some extent.

The spangles are all over the place, too. The hens that have the best crests are a mixed bag when it comes to spangling. One has pretty decent spangling on her chest and sides but is smudgy looking on her back. The other one has more rounded spangles than half-moon shaped; would this make it a bad idea to breed her even though she has one of the best crests and beards? The beardless hen has pretty good spangling, and her crest isn't bad, so I might also use her when I start hatching next year. I don't plan to use the hen with the swept-back crest for breeding, but I'm not sure what to do with the ones with no crests; one of them has pretty decent spangling and a decent beard, but the other one has very poor spangling, so maybe use one and not the other?

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I have two of the crestless ones; I do think their little cowlicks and beards are adorable!

They just made me think of Alfalfa from the Little Rascals.

I call one Buckwheat just because I didn't want to use Alfalfa for both of them.

I plan to keep them as egg layers and pets, but I'm still waffling over whether or not I should use either of them in my breeding program. I think the one with the windswept looking crest is cute, too, but I know polish type crests are a big no no on brabanters.

 

[stephanie1992]

i have 3 Brabanter eggs in lockdown! had 6 but 3 went bad. one in lockdown had a crack but patched it with elmers glue. some are cream and sum are red. but i wont know what i got till they hatch..if they hatch. i havent candled them at all because i havent been home. but mmy sis put them in lockdown for me.hopfully they hatch and ill have some good looking ones. will have too sell my roos tho.

 

[Blue]

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Oooh, red?

I didn't know they came in red.

 

[stephanie1992]

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Oooh, red?

I didn't know they came in red.

they buyer said his pairs were cream and the other pairs were red, unless he dont know colors lol. but in intrested in what they come out looking like. i hope they hatch. soo far all my own eggs have hatched. these are shipped and 3 went bad. one was cracked during shipment but made it to lockdown. ill let u guys know if they hatch or not. not home till later tonight. been gone all week.

 

[hallerlake]

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Oooh, red?

I didn't know they came in red.

They probably mean gold.

 

[hallerlake]

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Oooh, red?

I didn't know they came in red.

they buyer said his pairs were cream and the other pairs were red, unless he dont know colors lol. but in intrested in what they come out looking like. i hope they hatch. soo far all my own eggs have hatched. these are shipped and 3 went bad. one was cracked during shipment but made it to lockdown. ill let u guys know if they hatch or not. not home till later tonight. been gone all week.

Did you buy them on EBay? There's a seller there who runs their creams and golds together, so you could get a grab bag of cream, gold, or mixed.