Brahma Thread

[Black Cochin Bantams]

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I love her. You have a really nice one there!

 

[dak]

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I love her. You have a really nice one there!

Thanks. She is always the first to catch my eye in the pen. Im may actually have to name her.

 

[dak]

Can one of the Brahma gurus discuss evaluating undercolor. I keep hearing it refered to, but need more info on where and how much. Good vs. bad...

 

[Tim63]

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The Bantam Standard says"Delicate slaty blue in all sections". Now i'm venturing into an area I don't fully understand, so please someone correct me. It SEEMS to me there is a relationship with the undercolor shade and the visible coloration. Too dark undercolor and you run into bleed through ie. black where its not supposed to be. Too light undercolor and you have an undercolored bird ie. narrow stripping in hackles and saddles. Breeding birds from the extremes is basically how you end up with quality show birds. I know this is overly simplistic. I personnaly look at the outer appearance and go from there. I like overcolored females(birds with black in saddles)x clean breasted males to produce good colored males. And over colored males(birds with black in breast)x excellent typed clean females to produce good females. I'm still learning, but so far its working for me.

Tim

P.S. I'm no guru!!

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[Tim63]

A couple of this years hatch cockerels.

 

[dak]

Tim, which pen 6/7 did they come from? Most of my boys are much more heavily marked with black.

 

[Tim63]

These two are out of 6. They are the most mature I have now. These two will show at Abilene this coming weekend. Your males look awesome! That bottom male is very nice. I have kept eight light males all together. I'll sell five or six of them at Crossroads.

Tim

 

[thailand]

Tim and Dak - what gorgeous birds you have!

If I may hijack this thread for just a moment please

- one thing I've been noticing a lot lately looking at everyones photos of their beautiful Light Brahma, is that the white on these birds is really white! I have a question about this please.

I have two roosters. They come from the same source, but I have no idea if they are siblings or not. They are both very different looking birds. The alpha, to my eyes, is a very regal looking bird and is also very 'white'. The beta has the nicer personality for sure, but somehow is just not quite as nice a looking bird. Also, and this is my point, he is not a clean 'white'. The beta has kinda yellowish tinges on his neck feathers especially on the front area, the top of his head, and his saddle feathers the same. I happen to know that the farm where they come from, the owner is also breeding buff Brahma. I'm wondering if my beta is perhaps a cross between a light and a buff. Because he is mostly white, would I be correct in thinking his parentage could be: light roo x buff hen?

I've attached a photo of both boys.

Lastly - problems have developed between these two roosters over the last week and sadly it seems I may no longer be able to house them together. (The beta is unable to walk very far or stand for too long at the moment. Off to the vets tomorrow!). Unexpectedly I find myself looking for some new girls to make up a second flock for my beta. If I'm correct (please tell me if I'm not) and my beta is the outcome of light x buff parenting, then if I was to purchase buff girls for him, would the female chicks likely all be buff too???

Thanks so much for allowing my interruption here.

Kind regards......

The alpha roo

The beta roo

 

[SQbrahmas]

Dak,

I really like that male 2nd to last in the photos. What do some of your females look like.


Joe

 

[Tim63]

Thailand, sun causes light brahma males to get "brassy". Some get it worse than others. Our show birds are nice and white because we protect them from the sun. I doubt your birds are lightxbuff crosses.

Tim