Brahama

[Midlandchick]

I am curious about Brahma chickens. Some appear to be giant! I saw some on McMurray hatchery that don’t have feathered feet (probably best for our run) and say the hen will be six pounds.
is there a difference between giant brahmas and “not-so-giant-brahmas? Google seems to be no help.
if they really are six pounds I’d love to get one bit I am not in a position to remake nesting boxes for a 10-12 giant hen. Thanks for any tips

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

The bird in your picture is a Columbian Wyandotte. All Brahma have feathered feet and legs. They come in standard and bantam.

 

[Midlandchick]

The bird in your picture is a Columbian Wyandotte. All Brahma have feathered feet and legs. They come in standard and bantam.

Thanks! Maybe it’s just listed wrong on their website? Appreciate your help

 

[The Brick Coop]

Could you post the link from McMurray that you saw? I went there looking for what you reported but all the Brahmas in their pictures have feathered feet.

 

[Midlandchick]

Could you post the link from McMurray that you saw? I went there looking for what you reported but all the Brahmas in their pictures have feathered feet.
[/https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/light_brahma_started_pullets.html

 

[The Brick Coop]

Oh,, your pic is from McMurray. I enlarged it and I do see feathers. There is not consistency in leg feathering, by the way, until you have been inbreeding for couple generations specifically for consistency. It seems not a Columbian Wyandotte, but simply a hatchery Brahma. In the Wyandotte Standard and Breed Book from 1919 published by the APA "the Wyandotte ... is emphatically a bird of curves.... short, broad back and deep, round body ; also, the curved, close-fitting comb.... " Later in the book was discussed the exact origins which definitely included feather-legged birds. Anyway, you're right, size matters. Today's Brahma show breeders definitely show some size vs Wyandottes. In my experience, however, most hatchery birds tend to be smaller than show strains of the same breed, with occasional large individuals. Also, if my Giants like to lay in the Nest-O-Matics (12" square floor, ~16" high), then perhaps your nest boxes will be fine for those McMurray Brahmas.

 

[Midlandchick]

Oh,, your pic is from McMurray. I enlarged it and I do see feathers. There is not consistency in leg feathering, by the way, until you have been inbreeding for couple generations specifically for consistency. It seems not a Columbian Wyandotte, but simply a hatchery Brahma. In the Wyandotte Standard and Breed Book from 1919 published by the APA "the Wyandotte ... is emphatically a bird of curves.... short, broad back and deep, round body ; also, the curved, close-fitting comb.... " Later in the book was discussed the exact origins which definitely included feather-legged birds. Anyway, you're right, size matters. Today's Brahma show breeders definitely show some size vs Wyandottes. In my experience, however, most hatchery birds tend to be smaller than show strains of the same breed, with occasional large individuals. Also, if my Giants like to lay in the Nest-O-Matics (12" square floor, ~16" high), then perhaps your nest boxes will be fine for those McMurray Brahmas.

Thank you!