Brahma Thread

[LaLa Chickie]

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[LaLa Chickie]

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[bumpercarr]

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[LaLa Chickie]

Hey guys what do you think of these birds?

They are Beautiful! Can't wait to see what mine look like, they are only 19 days today. My others are really white...love the colors...

 

[Warrprincess688]

My Gold and Buff laced Brahmas. The single combs were the F1 generation. I bred and kept the babies. The single comb girls were then removed from the flock. Working with F2 generation now

F1 Rooster
F2 Pullet



F2 Pullet
F1
F1
F1
F1
F1 See all the horrible single combs
F1
F2


When I first started Gold and Buff brahmas, I went thru about 60+ birds and culled the bad lacing and single combs. Im down to 10 Brahmas now. I don't sell eggs but breed on a small scale.



Also starting with this pair for 2014
F1 Partridge Brahma
F1Partridge Brahma

 

[bumpercarr]

I really need some advice here. My husband is saying that the chicken pens are beginning to look like we're the Clampetts or something along that line. So, he's given me a budget and the go ahead to reorganize my chicken coops, fencing and general area. So, this is what I'm thinking about doing and need some advice from some of you m ore experienced breeders.

I'm think I want to put in an 8x20 shed, with five coop "rooms" in them, along with appropriate runs (something like a dog kennel with 5 runs). One room would be for the hens, another room for the cockerels, one room for a breeding pen (at the other end of the coop from the cockerels), one room for storage and the last room for growing (maybe more hens or juveniles). Do any of you think that this type of arrangement would work? If not, do you have any other ideas for me to try? I'd really like to get the roosters away from the hens, they tear them up too badly (I currently have one rooster in each pen with about 6 hens). I'd prefer to just give the roosters/cockerels that I want to breed access to the hens that I want to breed them to when I want to breed them.

Any advice is greatly appreciated. Budget isn't a huge issue, but I do have to be reasonable.

 

[ocap]

I really need some advice here. My husband is saying that the chicken pens are beginning to look like we're the Clampetts or something along that line. So, he's given me a budget and the go ahead to reorganize my chicken coops, fencing and general area. So, this is what I'm thinking about doing and need some advice from some of you m ore experienced breeders.

I'm think I want to put in an 8x20 shed, with five coop "rooms" in them, along with appropriate runs (something like a dog kennel with 5 runs). One room would be for the hens, another room for the cockerels, one room for a breeding pen (at the other end of the coop from the cockerels), one room for storage and the last room for growing (maybe more hens or juveniles). Do any of you think that this type of arrangement would work? If not, do you have any other ideas for me to try? I'd really like to get the roosters away from the hens, they tear them up too badly (I currently have one rooster in each pen with about 6 hens). I'd prefer to just give the roosters/cockerels that I want to breed access to the hens that I want to breed them to when I want to breed them.

Any advice is greatly appreciated. Budget isn't a huge issue, but I do have to be reasonable.

I am having a lot of fighting in my cockerel pen as I rotate birds. They are slightly younger than 12 months and will team up on the one I return to "cockerel run". I am thinking that your idea is sound but I can never have them return, each mature cock needs his own run. I remember seeing chicken houses with each cock on a leash and tied to his own "dog house", but.....there are too many coyotes. My time and budget are not infinite, so those that have told me to limit my chickens to one breed are right how can I use your idea and apply it to my situation, you have me thinking.

 

[bumpercarr]

I am having a lot of fighting in my cockerel pen as I rotate birds. They are slightly younger than 12 months and will team up on the one I return to "cockerel run". I am thinking that your idea is sound but I can never have them return, each mature cock needs his own run. I remember seeing chicken houses with each cock on a leash and tied to his own "dog house", but.....there are too many coyotes. My time and budget are not infinite, so those that have told me to limit my chickens to one breed are right how can I use your idea and apply it to my situation, you have me thinking.

I'll have four pens and the storage pen, so maybe I can put the mature cock in there. The year olds would be gone from my flock, I only want to keep the one or two that I want to breed of each color. I suppose if I wanted to keep more than one cock, I could divide up the cock pen to give each of them their own run and house. I don't think I can do afford more than four runs, but I could divide one of them up into two or three pens (but would this get me looking like the Clampetts again?). Got me thinking here. Or, I could take a portion of the storage for second or third cocks. I will only let the cockerels grow to about 8 months old before they would be in the freezer, just long enough to see if I they are a better choice for the breeding program or not. I'm trying to stick with just brahmas, but I'd like to have some different colors and maybe even some bantams and I'd really like to keep the colors pure if I can figure this all out.

 

[BGMatt]

I'll have four pens and the storage pen, so maybe I can put the mature cock in there. The year olds would be gone from my flock, I only want to keep the one or two that I want to breed of each color. I suppose if I wanted to keep more than one cock, I could divide up the cock pen to give each of them their own run and house. I don't think I can do afford more than four runs, but I could divide one of them up into two or three pens (but would this get me looking like the Clampetts again?). Got me thinking here. Or, I could take a portion of the storage for second or third cocks. I will only let the cockerels grow to about 8 months old before they would be in the freezer, just long enough to see if I they are a better choice for the breeding program or not. I'm trying to stick with just brahmas, but I'd like to have some different colors and maybe even some bantams and I'd really like to keep the colors pure if I can figure this all out.

Single cock birds don't take a lot of space. You could build a row of double (or even triple decker depending on height) pens 4'x4' or 3'x4' to house individual males. I have in the past built a canopy and kept extra males under it in jumbo dog crates (the Great Dane size, like 30"x40" or bigger).

 

[bumpercarr]

Single cock birds don't take a lot of space. You could build a row of double (or even triple decker depending on height) pens 4'x4' or 3'x4' to house individual males. I have in the past built a canopy and kept extra males under it in jumbo dog crates (the Great Dane size, like 30"x40" or bigger).

That is a really good idea. I like letting my birds roam some, but I think in this situation, the cock birds are going to have to be in pens. I was trying to determine where to put some show preparation pens as well, so your idea could work for me. Maybe build the smaller pens for show prep on top of the larger cock bird pens. That way, I could keep quite a few cocks if I wanted to. More food for thought, I really appreciate the comments...they get me thinking

So many of you have such great experience.