Brahma Thread

[seeker411]

OK, I have to post pics, since I have been sucked in by these awesome birds!
My original flock (first 4 pics) are hatchery, but I love em!
The Partridge I got at Crossroads this weekend! SOOOO happy with them!


4 weeks old

8 weeks old

6 months

6 months

And my Partridges - I got a trio, but one of the hens was NOT having a good feather day!

Loving this breed!
Becca

 

[Stephanie739]

They are beautiful. I have one light brahma rooster baby (2 weeks old). I'd like a couple brahma hens too one day soon.

 

[seeker411]

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Be careful....they are addicting! Luckily, my DH has been converted...

Becca

 

[Mrsfoote]

Seeker are those buff chicks Bantam or LF? Where did you get them?

 

[Blueface]

Has anyone heard of Jimmy Rust out of Texas? I was curious about is brahmas.

 

[seeker411]

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Hi Mrsfoote!

They are LF Buffs from Mt. Healthy Hatchery, near Cincinnati. I don't like the whole shipping thing, so I picked them up the day they hatched (about an hour drive for me). They're not show quality, and are much smaller than the show birds I saw at Crossroads - almost half the size! They were hatched March 13th, so mine are coming on 9 months old, and the pullets average about 4 pounds.

You can imagine my surprise when I picked up the same-age partridge pullet I bought this weekend - she is 8 pounds! And the hen I chose to complete the trio is 9lbs!

Really love this breed. I have 16 pullets, all laying beautiful light brown to medium brown, medium to large-size eggs. I get about 7 eggs per day, since they lay abut every other day. They started laying the end of August, so they were 5.5 months old. Typical for hatchery chicks, as I am told, to start laying sooner.


Have a great day!

Becca

 

[Mrsfoote]

Holy Cow Becca,

No kidding smaller , I asked because I'm having a bit of a dilemma. I have this beautiful buff brahma rooster....just turned 1 and already weighs 10 1/2 lbs....came from good stock....can't find any ladies for him. He is sooo much bigger than our mixed flock of ladies he tears up feathers just because of his overwhelming size.

 

[cherylcohen]

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sent you a link to a auction on byc bay area thread, maybe they have started or juveniles for you

 

[Mrsfoote]

Yes, thank you cheryl . How is Ginger ? I finished my shed coop last night . Probably going to put regular doors on it though .

 

[cherylcohen]

She's hanging in there, thanks for asking. She has so many lacerations. We are cleaning them daily, she's on baytril and pain meds. She was standing a bit yesterday. She's getting every good healthy treat there is!