Brahma Thread

[dak]

More pics! The front of the legs are dark, but the bottom of the feet are quite yellow. Still baby feathers on the legs down to the toes. Wing feathers are pretty brown at tips and sort of laced/mottled on the interior.

A bird with green/willow shanks will have a yellow epidermis (skin and bottom of feet), and a black dermis.

http://www.edelras.nl/chickengenetics/mutations2.html

 

[pbennett]

It is a Dark pullet.

New to chicks. Please tell me why you think it is a pullet. I have no idea how you tell.

 

[Tim63]

New to chicks. Please tell me why you think it is a pullet. I have no idea how you tell.

In Dark Brahmas, a cockerel of that age would already be showing black markings. The male and female of the silver penciled pattern(thats what dark Brahmas are) are very different. The male being mostly Black with white in Saddles, hackles and wings, while the female is mostly grey looking.

 

[hopkinshens]

What's the best way to sex brahma chicks?

 

[Tim63]

What's the best way to sex brahma chicks?

Let them mature.

 

[silver1313]

New to brahmas .. working on reading this whole thread but it takes time lol so thought id drop in here at the end to say hello

 

[dak]

New to brahmas .. working on reading this whole thread but it takes time lol so thought id drop in here at the end to say hello

We expect pictures!

 

[silver1313]

Quote: i will have to catch the little buggars sleeping lol they move a lot but will get some up asap ... 8 dark and 4 light .. i love their little feathered feet !!!

 

[notsostupidafterall]

Hey, thanks for the great response.

Kindly, Bruce

 

[Dirt Farmer]

A bird with green/willow shanks will have a yellow epidermis (skin and bottom of feet), and a black dermis.

http://www.edelras.nl/chickengenetics/mutations2.html

I was thinking that the feet would be yellow if yellow shanked, and white/pink if willow. I was confused because my dark shanked Langshan has pink/white feet. I see from the above link willow and blue/slate/black have the same black dermis genetics but differ at the epidermis.
I got nothin.