Brahma Thread

[Dirt Farmer]

Would be pure speculation on my part as well, but I think I would try to find a very good dark hen.

Mated to a partridge male, would produce gold based pullets, and split silver/gold cockerels. From there you could mate these gold pullets back to a partridge male to produce all gold chicks of both sexes.

Or if by chance one of the split males turns out to be the better typed bird, you could use him. Mated to a gold hen, would produce both silver and gold pullets, gold and split gold/silver cockerels.
Or you could breed this better typed split gold/silver male back to the original very good dark hen. This mating would produce pullets of both colors, silver and split cockerels, but hopefully of improved type.

Now something I'm unsure of, is whether proper partridge requires mahogany. I had assumed it did, and was the difference between a true partridge and the golden partridge prevalent in most Brahmas. If so, this would need to be aquired from another source, which will complicate things considerably. The beauty of the dark/partridge crossing being that they are the same pattern.

According to the Brahma and Cochin Club of Austrialia website big medicine has the right prescription with regard to breeding darks and partridge (couldn't resist, sorry). They don't have anything to say about producing a true partridge color.
Here's a gold partridge pullet hatched on about 4/1/13 from a breeder kind enough to share some chicks with me from Iowa. I only have her, another pullet and a cockerel,


following a coyote attack this spring. Still kicking myself for letting that happen.

 

[Tim63]

I assume you are talking about Dee M. in Iowa? That would most likely be a good source for TNBEARCHICK as well. She prob sells adults for less than Greenfire sells chicks for!! (pure speculation on my part, not familiar with what she charges at all) Her contact info is on the Brahma club officers page. She is District 5 director I believe. Anyway TBC, you would not have to worry with crossing varieties if you could get some sure enough GOOD partridge birds. I think the new semi official term is "Gold Partridge". There was a man named Tony Phillipe that was spear-heading the "Gold Partridge" recognition process. He was VERY dedicated and fully gung-ho. He was tragically killed in an auto accident about a year ago. Dee has taken the reigns of that project and is doing a very good job. You should contact her if you are serious about the "Gold Partridge" birds. The more the merrier and the quicker the variety might be fully recognized. Tony would be happy if his dream were realized.

Tim

 

[Dirt Farmer]

I assume you are talking about Dee M. in Iowa? That would most likely be a good source for TNBEARCHICK as well. She prob sells adults for less than Greenfire sells chicks for!! (pure speculation on my part, not familiar with what she charges at all) Her contact info is on the Brahma club officers page. She is District 5 director I believe. Anyway TBC, you would not have to worry with crossing varieties if you could get some sure enough GOOD partridge birds. I think the new semi official term is "Gold Partridge". There was a man named Tony Phillipe that was spear-heading the "Gold Partridge" recognition process. He was VERY dedicated and fully gung-ho. He was tragically killed in an auto accident about a year ago. Dee has taken the reigns of that project and is doing a very good job. You should contact her if you are serious about the "Gold Partridge" birds. The more the merrier and the quicker the variety might be fully recognized. Tony would be happy if his dream were realized.

Tim

You may right about the original source of these Gold Partridge. I bought them from Trish D, who is a well known breeder/exhibitor of Ameraucanas and Welsummers. She has shown these as well. That partial picture of the pure white chicken is an Ameraucana packing peanut pullet. Since my wife likes the colorful egg basket I even scored on that. She came with a pure black male that we had decided to keep as perpetuator of the blue-olive-dark brown egg flock. Somehow the coyote knew he was important as well.

 

[Shark Akhrrana]

Not sure what color this Brahma will be once it grows up. It looks like a buff

 

[big medicine]

Not sure what color this Brahma will be once it grows up. It looks like a buff

Do you know what the parents were ?

 

[Shark Akhrrana]

No I never saw the parents. I got them in a mix order last week

 

[kendradillon]

Bo peep

 

[Shark Akhrrana]

Do you know what the parents were  ?

I got 10 Brahma chicks in a mix colored order. Some will be light some dark and some buff. I'm having trouble telling them apart. Especially one in particular that looks different from all of them.

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

Good morning all. We got our Blue Columbian Brahmas this weekend, so that makes a total of 8 now. Our first 3 are only about 2 1/2 months old these are about 5 months I think. One is for sure not making it into the program, just egg layer I guess( wife loves her). I will post pics later so I can get suggestions. I plan on getting a nice Light to work on type with. They look pretty good but I am no expert.

 

[crowcreek]

Hello, I wanted to introduce my Buff Brahmas. They are 12 weeks old and very sweet. I have worried about one of them, Edith, as she was a late bloomer. Her tail was non existent for a long time. She has finally has a small one and her feathers down by the base of her tail have never looked good. She has always looked like they were being pecked off but I have not seen the others doing it. My Sebright cockerel has never liked her or do any of them for that matter. She is a tough girl and I just hope she will be OK. Gertrude is the biggest and darkest adn Olive is also big but more slender and the lightest of the group.


They were only about 8 weeks here,



Above, Edith is on the far right. You can see she is the smallest and her tail is weak! Big Gertrude in the middle and sweet Olive on the left.



Edith.