Brabanters and Spitzhaubens--The Differences PIC HEAVY!

[momma-hen]

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Did you find him?

 

[silky_3699]

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Did you find him?

still looking

 

[Blue]

At what age do Brabanters usually start to lay? Mine are around 20 weeks old and I haven't noticed any squatting or reddening of their (non-existent) combs. I'm getting ready to move them into a new and larger coop, but I still have to get the nest boxes in there. The old coop they're in now has some nest boxes, but so far they've done nothing but sleep in them.

 

[allen wranch]

Mine usually start around 20 weeks, a couple laid at 18 weeks.

Be patient.

 

[Blue]

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Thanks! It's not that I'm impatient. I was just wanting a time window so I could figure how much time I had to get the boxes in the new coop. lol! Guess I'll get the boxes in before I move the chickens in there just to be safe.

 

[stephanie1992]

i just got some Brabanter eggs given tome. 4 of them. are they hard to hatch? anything i should worry about? are these agressive birds? should i treat them differnt than my other chickens?

 

[Blue]

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1. I didn't hatch mine but ordered day-old chicks from Ideal, so I can't answer your first question.

2. The only problem I had with mine was a brief battle with Cocci, but that was due to my not introducing them to the ground gradually I think (I didn't have that problem with my 2nd batch of chicks that I started giving brief outside time to when they were only a few days old). None of mine died and all seem healthy now, though a couple are a bit smaller than the others.

3. Mine haven't been aggressive so far (they're 20 weeks old). Most of mine are a bit flighty, but there are a couple pullets that will walk up to me and let me pick them up sometimes. All of them will come close to me (especially if I have food), including the rooster, but most of them will back away or run off if I try to touch them.

4. I don't think they need any special Brabanter-specific treatment. I just treat mine like I treat my other chickens.

 

[stephanie1992]

ok thank u lol, ive never heard of this breed before and knew nothing about them. in a few weeks when they or if they hatch ill post pics. Hopfully they are Brabanters and not mix.

 

[momma-hen]

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I've had the most hatching success with a very moderate humidity. If you have one of those styrofoam (sp?) incubators, don't fill the bottom as they direct. Instead, put two large wet, but not soaked,sponges in with the eggs. If you have a circulation fan, you'll have to moisten them every other day. A still air, less often.

My birds are quite flighty as well, but I have never had an aggressive one in the 6+ years I've been raising them.

 

[stephanie1992]

what colors do they come in? and can u show them?