Brahma Thread

[suncatcher]

This is a most interesting thread! Thanks for all the right info on this breed. Back to reading.........

 

[chickee]

some new rescue birds! 2 lights and an Lf Buff. I can't tell it the big light is a boy or not...whatcha think?

Lucky birds

Pretty too. The larger one looks like a rooster to me.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: He did have longer drumsticks, you can't see the string but he is trussed and that pulled his legs in quite a bit, he was not any heavier than the other 20 I killed along with him. I do notice that feeding them fermented feeds has made my boys meatier than they have been in the past.
Can you share how you ferment? please??

 

[ThePendragon]

some new rescue birds! 2 lights and an Lf Buff. I can't tell it the big light is a boy or not...whatcha think?

top front boy, top back girl, lower girl... I think...

 

[Dirt Farmer]

My favorite girl Layla Jr

Here she is again with some of my buff girls. I know her head isn't amazing and she could be a little rounder in the rear but I think she is lovely anyway. I am on the hunt for a boyfriend for her...since the golden are so hard to come by does anyone know what would happen if I crossed her with a dark?

If you got a Dark male the offspring would all be Dark in appearance but the males would carry the gold from the Gold/Partridge. You may see gold leakage in the males. If you took one of the offspring males and bred it back to a Gold/Partridge female (his mother in your case), then 50% of the females would be Dark and 50% Gold/Partridge. 50% of the males would be Gold/Partridge and 50% would be Dark but carrying gold and probably showing leakage.

 

[snowbird]

some new rescue birds! 2 lights and an Lf Buff. I can't tell it the big light is a boy or not...whatcha think?

These two lght Brahma would be a good picture to go over the spotting on the front of the back that is out side of the Cape. Also what does everyone think about the wing that is showing on the Male?

 

[Tim63]

You're trying to get me in trouble again Don. Its odd that the male bird has too much black in his back and cape area....and seems to be under colored in the saddle? From a show/breeding standpoint, the excess black in the male's back would be reason to cull.(IMHO according to my study and understanding of the standard) He would pass that to females in my experience. The standard calls for the wing to be small and carried high, primaries closely folded under secondaries. He may be just relaxed in the photo though. The primaries should not be visible. The female has too much black in her cape also. I don't think that would be covered by her hackles when she stands up straight. The birds do appear to be young yet...little spur developement on the male and tails not fully in on either. What do you think Don?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

You're trying to get me in trouble again Don. Its odd that the male bird has too much black in his back and cape area....and seems to be under colored in the saddle? From a show/breeding standpoint, the excess black in the male's back would be reason to cull.(IMHO according to my study and understanding of the standard) He would pass that to females in my experience. The standard calls for the wing to be small and carried high, primaries closely folded under secondaries. He may be just relaxed in the photo though. The primaries should not be visible. The female has too much black in her cape also. I don't think that would be covered by her hackles when she stands up straight. The birds do appear to be young yet...little spur developement on the male and tails not fully in on either. What do you think Don?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Tim this is "Ducky Girl" she was about 3.5 months?? in this pic, she is my only LF Light, but sweet as can be and I get some nice eggs from her now.

Can you give some examples of what she has good and bad? Its the only pic I can find
my uneducated guess looking at her is a few black spots on her back and her foot feathering is wrong, other than that I havent a clue

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

Actually, you might want to hang on to that cockerel if he has other good traits. I've read that the comb isn't worth a great deal of points in a show. Just thought I'd pass that on, I'm not even sure if that's always true.

thanks he might get a spot in the misc pen for now.