Brahma Thread

[Tim63]

Tail coverts, they are the two distinct rows of feathers that partially cover the main tail feathers. In the columbian pattern they are to be finely laced with white. A common defect is smuttyness and shafting.

If you look at my Buff pullet on page 60. you can see both defects. Shafting is the buff you can see on the shafts of the lower coverts, supposed to be black. Smuttyness is indistinct lacing-blurry or smutty. Most columbian birds have it to one degree or another. Just a reminder: Buff Brahmas are of the "Buff Columbian" color pattern, and Light Brahmas are "Columbian".

 

[Mrsfoote]

Can Females have pointy saddle feathers......

 

[Sjisty]

Is what makes a bird "Columbian" the pattern of black on the neck and tail?

 

[snowbird]

They are called columbian for different things, not only tail and neck. You have wings and saddle also. Will leave it for Tim to explain it to you.

 

[snowbird]

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A short reply would be no.

 

[Mrsfoote]

At what age did your roosters start to crow or even start to try and crow....My brahma has been dubbed a boy but I'm not entirely convinced yet because other than the semi pointy"saddle feathers" not pointy like our buff bantam brahma. The chicken in question is 21 weeks old

 

[snowbird]

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He should be ready to crow, some it just takes longer to mature. The large fowl are usually slower than Bantams, Post a picture and will tell you for sure that you have male or female.

 

[huckleberryfarm]

I am raising 5 Brahmas, 7 weeks old. We have two buff and 3 light. They are absolutely beautiful birds. And getting more so as they get older. So cute! Will they continue to look so much the same when they are adults? I can't really tell them apart from each other (Well, I can tell the buff from the light!).

 

[Tim63]

Don, we beat Mrsfoote's dead horse to a puddle of goo a week or so back. I can't believe it keeps rearing it's head! Its a male. Mrsfoote, Standard fowl are MUCH slower to mature than bantams are. I have heard of large fowl not crowing till 6-8 months.

 

[Mrsfoote]

Like I said I last time tim no need to be rude could have just kept quiet. I was wondering at what age is all....I thought maybe with having other roos that crow that it was why he didn't crow we got rid of the other roos and nothing still I was simply wondering is all I had no problems stating you were correct when our little buff who we were also told was a hen turned out to be a roo I was simply asking a question I've seen other hens on here that you have dubbed hens that look almost identical to mine so it be really nice if you could just let others answer the questions I had.