Brahma Thread

[lulubird]

I'm enjoying all the photos, so am adding mine to the mix. I have two Dark Brahmas.

At ten days:

Four weeks:

Almost eight weeks:

They're pretty curious, so as I was taking photos of all the chickens yesterday, I turned a little, and saw one of them checking out what I was doing.

They also LOVE to eat. I read that they can have laying problems if they get too heavy, but how do I prevent them from getting too fat?

 

[PandoraTaylor]

the best way is to watch how many treats and what kind of treats you give them.
if your feeding a good balanced Laying pellet for the majority of their daily intake, they should get most of what they need from it.
I feed a locally made feed pellet that is 16-20% Protein (depending on time of year) and I only give treats sparingly. Cracked Corn is mixed (1/4) in the winter with the pellets into a warm mash so they have something to help keep them warmer at night when they are sleeping. Due to the bitter cold in Alaska, this seems to help them...

However I also sprout seeds for them in the winter so they have fresh greens all year.

 

[tuesdays chicks]

do bantam brahma usually lay almost every day, mine has been laying loads of eggs recently when I thought she would be slowing down because of daylight hours, or is it possible she's laying her clutch like my other pullet did? I think she just laid 9 days in a row, and before someone says something about are you sure its her egg yes I am 4 different breads 4 different sizes colors and shapes.

 

[Chic-n-farmer]

My bantams were regular layers of surprisingly large eggs. Those Brahmas were all killed (dogs) and my current are not yet laying age.

 

[tuesdays chicks]

Rotten dog owners

 

[tuesdays chicks]

I was correct my brahma just went broody, sitting golfball, when I have eggs in incubator due to hatch tomorrow.

 

[pgpoultry]

If your Brahma hen has as much intellect as mine, Tuesday's chicks, you will be able to take the chicks straight out of the incubator and give them to her without a problem.

My Brahmas have had two rubber eggs taken away and 12 from the incubator given to them with less than a week to go and have happily hatched them. They have also taken on chicks a few days old etc. Great mums.

 

[tuesdays chicks]

thats what I'm hoping to do, if they hatch, broody girls all over the place, and I had to put eggs back in incubator yesterday, to find another broody today, 1 egg pipped under a broody I took the egg that was pushed out this morning and stuck it under the brahma don't think it will hatch but you never know can do a swap with chicks for eggs after.

 

[BLaBauve]

Hi there! Is anyone out there breeding blue partridge? Thanks!

 

[pgpoultry]

I've got several, but I'm in Wales. We seem to recognise lots more colours here.