Brahma Thread

[pgpoultry]

I can recommend posting pictures of your chicks. I have been made a very good offer to buy my hen and her chicks as a result.

I don't want to sell, so it doesn't matter to me, but it is a very acceptable 'side effect'.

Post pics., folks,

Sandie

 

[SarahIrl]

Well I have sourced some beautiful grey brahmas, they are labelled grey or silver by the breeder, but look blue to me. Gorgeous. The roosters have a rich ginger colour on the top of the wings. I'm only getting pullets and my funny black and white rooster will be 'servicing' them.

Can somebody please explain what columbian means? Can someone show pictures of columbian feathers vs non-columbian?

 

[Tim63]

Post #710 page 71 of this thread is a good example of the columbian pattern. It is just a color or variety like Black breasted red, or wheaten, or spangled, or red. It is basically a combination of black and white. There are several breeds that have a columbian variety. There are columbian Wyandottes, columbian rocks, columbian cochins. Here in the U.S. Columbian brahmas are called "Lights". The Buff Brahmas are "Buff Columbian", buff replaces white of regular columbian. Our Standard Of Perfection describes every color pattern in detail. I would imagine there is something similar in Ireland. Color patterens there may be called by a different name.

 

[SarahIrl]

So what is the name for the feather pattern on the dark brahma hens?

 

[Tim63]

I edited my last post. Here the dark Brahma pattern is "Silver Penciled" I believe
, ...someone correct me if thats incorrect.

 

[SarahIrl]

And that's a dark feather with silver pencilling rather than a light feather with dark pencilling?

 

[Tim63]

I can't really describe color patterns . I am venturing into an area where I have no business commenting. I'm sure there is a website or something that has illustrations of the different color paterns. Feathersite has lots of brahma photos.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Quote:

Of course, after body type, the first order of business in females is penciling. There is a difference between the APA and the ABA in this description. The APA Standard states, “Each feather in the back, breast, body, wing bows, and thighs should have three or more pencilings.” The ABA calls for, “three distinct black pencilings on the breast” and for the back, “steel gray, with distinct black pencilings, outlines of which should conform to the outline of the feather,” no mention of the numbers of pencilings. The ABA requirements are more realistic if one is using a single mating system. Most breeders are producing a “male line” and males more often catch the judge’s eye. Males have sharp demarcations of color and it’s easier to defend your decision. But exhibition males do not beget exhibition females. The penciling on the daughters of these males is just not as sharp as the Standard demands.

That is a quote from this article describing the silver-pencilling seen in Plymouth Rock bantams:
http://www.bantamclub.com/site/inde...tams-by-bob-hawes&catid=34:articles&Itemid=55​

 

[Chic-n-farmer]

These are pictures of the small flock of bantam buffs soon after I acquired them. The previous owner was relocating across the country.
They were wonderful little birds from really good lines. They were all lost to a pack of dogs, along with every other chicken I owned.

I am working on rebuilding. I have some good buffs growing up and will be getting dark chicks tomorrow. I love bantam brahmas!

 

[chicken boy sam]

Has someone ever heard or thought of the coloring "blue columbian" ? I think that would look SO cool!