Brabanters and Spitzhaubens--The Differences PIC HEAVY!

[JLaw]

Ok thanks will chech it out.

 

[JLaw]

waiting on membership for the facebook now. the www site listed on face book don't come up.

 

[Freeholder]

I just put myself on Ideal's waiting list for Gold Brabanters -- ordering 15 pullets and 10 cockerels. I'm ordering the same number of La Fleche. Had an idea -- because I'm a firm believer in building the barn first and THEN painting it, and because I want good homestead birds as well as pretty to look at -- that since the La Fleche have the V comb, and are larger and more of a dual-purpose breed, that they might make a good cross to get some vigor and size back into the Brabanters. I considered other crosses, including Hamburgs, but thankfully someone posted the results of that cross a number of pages back (really messed up the comb)! So, we'll see what happens. I sure hope that Ideal doesn't try to ship my chicks until at least March, though -- our winters are too cold for that!

Now going to see if I can get onto the Brabanters Facebook page. I dropped my Facebook membership about three years ago....

Kathleen

 

[barkersbirds]

Any tips on being able to sex a Spitzhauben chick? We have one that hatched about four weeks ago and are anxious to know if it is pullet or roo...

 

[EweSheep]

Is the chick's comb red or very pinkish than others? If so, it's a male.

 

[vetgirl00us]

Hello, I've been breeding brabanters for a couple of years now. I have tried to breed for a forward crest and the beards. I don't prefer the wattled birds so I try not to breed those. I have always called them my "Abe Lincoln" birds because of their dark beards. I have a couple of males I'd like to sell if anyone is interested. I don't have any pullets.

 

[hcrossn]

Do you have pictures please?

 

[Coop Deville]

Can anyone post a picture of a cream brabanter's eggs, especially if you have a hatchery cream brabanter? Or, if you have a hatchery cream brabanter, can you confirm that the egg color you get is genuinely white and not tinted? I would be much obliged.

 

[LavendarFeather]

Yes, their eggs are genuinely white, and of decent size. I don't have anybody here laying at the moment, but I've had both hatchery and extremely well-bred Cream Brabanters, and the eggs are bright white.

 

[Coop Deville]

That settles it. I'm getting some once they are available!