Brahma Thread

[Helen in the Desert]

I have one buff brahma rooster in with all my hens and i have been hatching eggs because I thought the chicks would look cute. All of my hens are clean legged except for one. My question is, Are all my chicks going to have fuzzzy legs or will I get a clean legged one evry once in a while? I just had 15 chicks hatch and they all had fuzzy feet. (some more then others).

Thanks

All of the chicks will have feather feet but they won't feather out so much as the roo when they are adults. Feather foot is a dominant gene.

 

[Helen in the Desert]

Hi everyone! I'm new here and hoping to get some questions answered?

I'm ordering blue/gold paitrage brahmas. Is this a pure breed or 2 different colors?

If I breed the babies what will I get pure or what? Thanks just a bit confused!

They are a 'pure' breed, as far as I know, so they should throw more of the same color. Depends on the breeder as to the quality of the color, pattern and conformation of the birds

 

[annabell254]

acv when i used it with my male dogs and tom cats id get mostly female Offspring in 7 litters with one male we got 90% thats 50 kittens that where female
In dogs same results I prefer to let Nature take her cource but i had more of one sex sold i even tried it with my stallions and not sure as they where too smart to dink it LOL Tammy

interesting???? is it just for female or do you know of anything for male offspring also? I am intrigued by these type of things

 

[animallover505]

I just got a dark brahma chick!

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

All of the chicks will have feather feet but they won't feather out so much as the roo when they are adults. Feather foot is a dominant gene.

Thanks. I didnt know if it would be dominant or recessive.

 

[Dirt Farmer]

Hi everyone! I'm new here and hoping to get some questions answered?

I'm ordering blue/gold paitrage brahmas. Is this a pure breed or 2 different colors?

If I breed the babies what will I get pure or what? Thanks just a bit confused!

Neither of these colors are accepted in the Standard of Perfection. Gold partridge refers to a penciled variety that doesn't meet the Standard's description of Partridge. Specifically, the ground color is not reddish bay but gold. The pencilings are black. When bred together they produce more of the same, but double matings are usually needed to produce both good males and good females. These have been worked on by some dedicated breeders and the type and penciling is becoming very presentable.
Blue partridge refers to a penciled variety with the gold ground color but blue penciling. Blue genetics are the same here as with other blue varieties. Breed two blue partridge together and you will get 50% with blue pencilings, 25% with black penciling and 25% with splash penciling. (The splash males are primarily white and have red shoulders, also called red pyle.) A blue partridge with black penciling is essentially the same thing as a gold partridge. The blue partridge is not quite as developed as a variety here in the USA as far as I've seen.
If the Brahma's that you're looking at are matings of blue partridge (with blue penciling) and gold partridge, then you will get both blue partridge and gold partridge chicks, without the splash.
I hope I haven't added to your confusion. It may help to search Andalusian genetics.
Finally this is a trendy color right now. Don't grossly overpay. I just bought gold partridge chicks from a breeder that shows, from a line that holds its own at shows, for $6 each. The history of trendy birds is that a bunch of buyers rush in, the market gets glutted with sellers next year, and prices sink like a brick. (I learned the hard way ---- a couple times.)

 

[Tammy N]

Hi everyone! I'm new here and hoping to get some questions answered?

I'm ordering blue/gold paitrage brahmas. Is this a pure breed or 2 different colors?

If I breed the babies what will I get pure or what? Thanks just a bit confused!

Hi Chicken Girl and Welcome .
I have never heard of the Blue/gold Paitrage In the Brahmas here in the usa we have 3 Allowable colors Dark, Buff and Light
Can you show us photos they do sound very pretty

 

[Tammy N]

Quote: I just found it helps the male produce more X genes for female

For more males i would think its the acid in the vinager that melts the little Boy parts off LOL just kiddig less acidic diets for the boys seem to help me get more boys .
But thats not in gold

 

[Sjisty]

Blue partridge roo -


and hen.


Gold partridge roo


and hen - sorry, not the best picture.


Red splash or red pyle roo


and hen.


Blue splash cockerels


and pullet.

 

[big medicine]

I'm thinking he would have a splash/white chest if he was a splash version of partridge. The buffy chest leads me toward a columbian based pattern. Possibly a splash buff columbian.