Brahma Thread

[Miss Lydia]

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Beautiful

Thanks, they are one of my favorite breeds. So pretty, i just want one of them to go broody so i can stick ALOT of eggs under them.

I love my brahmas, they are just hatchery stock but they are the sweetest birds I have. Your lights are so clean, mine free range and always look dirty. course dust bathing doesn't make for the cleanest birds especially when white.

 

[Jferlisi]

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Thanks, they are one of my favorite breeds. So pretty, i just want one of them to go broody so i can stick ALOT of eggs under them.

I love my brahmas, they are just hatchery stock but they are the sweetest birds I have. Your lights are so clean, mine free range and always look dirty. course dust bathing doesn't make for the cleanest birds especially when white.

Ya mine can get dirty, I freerange them too and they are actually dustbathing in those pics. Mine are only hatchery stock to but i love them just the same.

 

[Miss Lydia]

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I love my brahmas, they are just hatchery stock but they are the sweetest birds I have. Your lights are so clean, mine free range and always look dirty. course dust bathing doesn't make for the cleanest birds especially when white.

Ya mine can get dirty, I freerange them too and they are actually dustbathing in those pics. Mine are only hatchery stock to but i love them just the same.

How old are your lights? I have 5 that will be 2 this oct. 1 light, 4 buffs, and a light that is 1yr. mine have never gone broody. but another hen of mine did brood the light that will be 1.
heres 3 of my buffs

one of my lights....this is the daughter to my light with her first chicks

sorry don't take very good pictures.

 

[sableboi]

Here is my favorite Dark Pullet from this years hatch. Can't wait to show her at the Inverness shows. She hatched around the first of February...

My Favorite Partridge Pullet

 

[sableboi]

This picture was hilarious, he kept doing this when the camera came out...

 

[Tim63]

Love the dark pullet Matt. What do you feed your large birds? How long do you leave them on chick starter? How soon can you tell if a large bird has a good head?

We hatched 8 from eggs from Carole, 4 Ks and four Ps. I'm having problems downloading photos from my camera. When I get it figured out(as soon as my daughter fixes it for me) I'll post photos for your opinion. Are you going to Crossroads?

 

[sableboi]

Not going to crossroads, I just got back from Vacation in TN. That's about all the traveling I can afford with gas being $3.65 a gallon. I am hoping some other florida people are going and dont mind bringing me back a nice dark pair from the show...

I give my guys starter for about 4 months (a little longer than most) as it has way more protein. Then I switch them to Gamebird feed and anything else they will eat. With the large birds I have been told FEED FEED FEED so that is what I do. Twice a week I soak dog/cat food and give them that instead of their normal rations. I give sunflower seeds (when they are not astronomical, like now) and lots of kitchen scraps. I try to range my flock a little daily too. Electrolytes three times a week and Gatorade when it is hot.

Most of my chicks have come out with good heads, my Roo's brow is pretty good and so are most of my hens. I hatched 24 Dark chicks this year and am keeping 7 Pullets. I didnt get fantastic roo's, at least nothing better than their father, but the pullets have been outstanding and I am pleased with their size, heads and lacing. Hope the judges like them too!

I lost 4, sold 4 and gave some to a friend, but what I kept were my picks. Their tails are coming on and as soon as they fatten up, I am sure I will see much improvement in the "U" of their tails. They are only 5 months old, so they have a lot of maturing to do, but I am pleased with them at this point.

What has been even better for me is the improvement I made on my F2 Partridge birds. That pullet is JUST as big as my dark show girls and I was concerned about size moving forward.

 

[Tim63]

Thanks Matt. Thats exactly how i feed my bantams, I just thought maybe I should be doing something different with the big birds. I feed my adult bantams 20% gamebird breeder ration. My large darks have nice "beetle brows" the heads just seem a little narrow. Of course I am comparing them to my bantams which I am sure is a mistake. The bantams mature very quickly. I have heard from you and everyone who raises the big birds how slow they are to mature. I just need to get a few larges grown for experience. Sorry you are missing Crossroads. Chad and I and one other guy are going together to split expenses three ways. Maybe you could find someone to ride with.

tim

 

[kinsey228]

My little Brahma pullet.

 

[Carolynspeeps]

My Partridge Brahma from Sableboi. Not quite 3 months old.