Brahma Thread

[vortec]

I love those! How much do they weigh? They look huge!

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[Becky_H]

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They are big birds, unless you're going for the bantam version. I believe the roos weigh about 12 pounds and the hens 8. Someone will come correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[ravencreek]

Ok I was going to ask a question about a brahma so this thread will be the best place to do it.

I was told by a very old farmer that the easiest way to tell a rooster from a hen in brahmas is by the beak. He said that females have the dark beaks and roosters are solid yellow. SO far I have 3 and ended up with 2 roosters and a pullet. Yes my roos have orangy yellow beaks while the hens is black with orange at the tip and her nostrils. So is he right or is this just coincidence?

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

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Its just coincidence.

 

[vortec]

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Actually mine are that way too. There might be something to that. I don't know, I'm hatching 5 light brahmas on the 13th so I will look and see if I can determine sex by the beak and let you know the results.

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[Settler'sDreamFarm]

ravencreek wrote:
Ok I was going to ask a question about a brahma so this thread will be the best place to do it.

I was told by a very old farmer that the easiest way to tell a rooster from a hen in brahmas is by the beak. He said that females have the dark beaks and roosters are solid yellow. SO far I have 3 and ended up with 2 roosters and a pullet. Yes my roos have orangy yellow beaks while the hens is black with orange at the tip and her nostrils. So is he right or is this just coincidence?

I think it is just a coincidence....
If you look here it shows pictures of hens and roosters with beaks that vary with their colour:
http://www.feathersite.com//Poultry/CGA/Brahma/BRKBrahma.html​

 

[gritsar]

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I had heard the same thing and so I checked it out with my flock. It's not true. My roo has a solid strip of black on his beak.

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

Here's Woodstock, the broody beast.

If I let her, she could go for a year. She is a Buff Brahma Banty hen.

Excuse her, she was moulting at the time. And in addition, she plucked her own feathers out.

She can be a very silly girl sometimes.

Super Woodstock about to commence lift-off.

 

[nhnanna]

Is there anyone in NH that has lf buff brahmas? or has eggs?

 

[vortec]

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Those are great pics! How is the bantam brahmas disposition as compared to the standards? I know the myth is that the bantams are hotter blooded due to their size, but how much of that is true with this breed? My brahmas are very loving and out going, so I find it hard to believe that the bantams would be too bad.

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