Brahma Thread

[Tammy N]

Quote: Blue is a Dilute of Black you just have to set the color in order to continue . Thats how i got the blue new zealands in . anyway ill go check my charts and see if there is another possibility of something in the wood pile

 

[big medicine]

None of them have any idea. And of course when asked everyone says the same thing, "that's impossible". I always thought blue genetics were super simple but am struggling to explain that happening so at this point I'm willing to believe a weird color popping out of nowhere.

So your saying we might not need to get the big net out for Sjisty just yet then ? Tim's new terminology is starting to worry me some, might want to keep it handy though.

 

[Tim63]

I'm still trying to figure out what all I have. I think my Light Bantams are mostly "roo'lets" I have quite a few Buff bantams growing out. Trying not to count. Also, 12 LF Lights from two hatches. They are very slow to feather, but I haven't had any picking (YET).

The 3 Buff pullets from the Buff x Light breeding are the oldest. Interesting to note that they have no white whatsoever. I have pure Buffs with some juvenile white tipped feathers.
Clare

I have never heard of white showing up in the F-1 females. Its the cockerels(roo'lets) they produce for generations to come that will show white. The females will carry it but not show it. I get a few Buff males every year with white on their wings. I have never done the cross. I got a male four or five generations back i used as a breeder with some white in his wings. I culled every cockerel(roo'let) he threw because they all showed it. I culled no pullets because none showed it. Yet they do carry it as evidenced by the occasional male that shows it. At the risk of showing my ignorance in genetics, I think this might be genotypical vs phenotypical, a little silver/gold and a bit of sex linkage. Again, pardon my ignorance.
Twelve big birds should produce at least a few good birds for a nice foundation. You should bring some to Shawnee. Chad would appreciate the competition(me too on Bantams) AND you might pick up a bird or two to supplement your foundation. The list of judges is outstanding for a change.

Tim

 

[Tim63]

So your saying we might not need to get the big net out for Sjisty just yet then ? Tim's new terminology is starting to worry me some, might want to keep it handy though.

I'm going to call Sam and Matt about having "roo'let" in the glossary of the next addition of the standards. Maybe "roo" and "girl" too??? Maybe a diagram of the correct way to "diaper" a house bird? Somebody STOP me!

Tim

 

[Dragonfroggy]

Can someone tell me if this is a roo? It was sold to us a hen. But questioning that. Hasn't tried to breed with any of our other hens so, people help me please.

 

[BGMatt]

So your saying we might not need to get the big net out for Sjisty just yet then ? Tim's new terminology is starting to worry me some, might want to keep it handy though.

We might need the big net for him, and one of those coats with the really long sleeves.

But yeah, in all my years of poultry I've never heard of black to black producing blue (and have bred the color in multiple breeds myself), but this year have heard of it 3 times in 3 different breeds from 3 different people.

 

[Tim63]

Can someone tell me if this is a roo? It was sold to us a hen. But questioning that. Hasn't tried to breed with any of our other hens so, people help me please.

Maybe they might know on the cochin thread.

 

[Tammy N]

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[Dragonfroggy]

They said it was a Barred Rock Brahma hens, darn. What are the things you look for on a brahma that would make it a roo.

 

[Sjisty]

I don't need a big net, or even a coat with long sleeves. Now, if you have a rubber room handy, I could probably be happy in one of those for a week or two - I could use the rest!

By the way, I didn't pair black to black. I paired black (hen) to blue partridge (roo), then black hen (as well as other blue hens) to her son who was mostly blue - that's when I got some interesting colors.

Another by the way - don't be calling me a "he," I'm a "she."

Anyway, here's one of the black girls who started it all -


I also got several clean-legged chicks like the roo'let (yup, I like that word) on the left, so ended that experiment -