Brahma Thread

[Tim63]

This is a three month old Cockerel from this springs hatch. He has inherited the good tail I was after from a spence/williams cockbird.

 

[Tim63]

Frontal view of same bird. He has a pretty good head for only 3 months.

 

[Tim63]

One of my 3 month light males.

 

[Tim63]

And lastly a 3 month light pullet.

 

[macmama]

Well she got back to me-- she doesn't own any bantam Brahmas, and said that my LBs hatched out of smallish eggs, and will probably just take a few more weeks to catch up. I guess we'll see!

 

[Tim63]

I guess egg size could make a difference. My buffs eggs are smaller than my light eggs. The buffs are smaller at hatch, they do catch up pretty quickly though. Keep us posted.

 

[snowbird]

Tim, the color on the lights is outstanding from what I can see. The tail, saddle and neck have really good color. Good job. Don


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[Tim63]

Thanks Don. The buffs seem to feather in quicker, but molt baby feathers a few times before they arrive at their adult color. It takes me longer to distinguish sex in the buffs as a matter of fact. In the lights the females feather in quickly. The males are slower, but the saddles come in colored from the start. I took some pictures of some buff pullets this a.m. I'll get one or two posted for your take on them. Thanks again! Tim

 

[Tim63]

These 3 pullets are out of 2 hens I got from Greg and a John Neff egg male I hatched last year. They are around 3 months also and have a little filling in to do.

 

[Tim63]

These two are out of the pullets I hatched last year from neff eggs, and a cock bird I got from Greg. I don't know if you remember The pullets from last year. You were very complimentary of them, so I took them to the West Texas fair and got best FL with one of them. The other got reserve FL at another show.