Brahma Thread

[big medicine]

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Over the years, here in Ohio, I have had a couple youngsters get hit by Cooper Hawks, but never adults. My Brahmas spend most of their time in or near our woodlot. Not sure what species of hawk you all have to deal with down there.

Running a few smaller, slower, near sighted birds, say maybe silkies, in each run may be benefical. Actually I suspect this may have been the thinking behind their development to start with.
(All silkie lovers please direct your responces to www. silkie abuse hotline.com)

 

[Sjisty]

We have never had a problem with a hawk hitting one of our full-grown Brahmas, until last week. We came home to one of my larger girls with a very deep gash on her back and a lot of lost feathers. She was in the back yard. The roos, except for our alpha roo, were locked up. Rocky (alpha roo) wouldn't have done that to her. The only thing I can think of is a hawk attack. By the way, she is healing nicely.

 

[Tim63]

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Over the years, here in Ohio, I have had a couple youngsters get hit by Cooper Hawks, but never adults. My Brahmas spend most of their time in or near our woodlot. Not sure what species of hawk you all have to deal with down there.

Running a few smaller, slower, near sighted birds, say maybe silkies, in each run may be benefical. Actually I suspect this may have been the thinking behind their development to start with.
(All silkie lovers please direct your responces to www. silkie abuse hotline.com)

Glad I did not read this while I was drinking my morning coffee. Its a rule, you can not love Brahmas AND silkies. (see Gary's link)

 

[Wimberleytexaschick]

Thanks all, I was seriously wondering what purpose Silkies served, and so glad Big Medicine cleared that up! I think that some of my Brahma roos would eat a silkie before the hawks even arrive!
Sjisty- sorry to hear about your hen and hope she continues healing. I worry more about my hens becoming victims, would hate to loose any of those pretty girls- my roos really seem to huge to be vulnerable, they just need to do their job protecting everyone.
Happy Holidays!

 

[bantiehen]

lol hey now nothing wrong with silkies lol. o0 Just Joking everyone..

Not speaking for everyone but a lot of people have silkies for showing, or for broodies

Wish my silkie hens would be broody I'd stick the eggs under them instead of putting them in my incubator... Hey I love all my birds. I have Brahmas, silkies, easter eggers, Pyncheon. Mille Fleur D'uccles. Frizzle cochin x mille fleur d'uccles. Ameraucana x cochin. Ameraucana . Silkie x ameraucana. Umm what else Buff orpingtons.
Wheaten Ameraucana x. I've had all different kinds of breeds of chickens.

I have silkie x d'uccles. I plan on putting my Ameraucan cross and my ameraucana pullets with my Light Brahma. I have my Easter Eggers with him now

. tsk tsk tsk people lol.. I do love my Brahmas though

I like how they look...

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

lol you guys are funny.

My favorite Large fowl breed is the brahma, my favorite bantam breed is the silkie.

So you can love both breeds

OH and my 13 lb brahma rooster gets his butt kicked by a 4 lb silkie rooster on a regular basis.

its hilarious to watch them.

 

[bantiehen]

 

[BackyardCountry]

what is the difference between brahmas and cochins?? anyone out there know??

 

[Sjisty]

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Size, shape, comb, color. About the only thing alike is the leg and foot feathering.

Cochins come in a wider variety of colors. They are, in my experience, smaller than Brahmas, they don't have the pea comb like Brahmas, and, again in my experience, Cochins are rounder in shape than my Brahmas, whereas my Brahmas are taller.

The top picture is of my gold-laced Cochin. I'm sorry, it's not a very good picture. She was recuperating in the house from a dog attack. The bottom picture is of a partridge Brahma.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Even the foot feathering is different; cochins are supposed to have massive amounts of foot feathers; brahmas much less, predominantly on the outer toes. There are genetic differences in the foot feathering as well as appearance. Body shape is much, much different. Head is different, too.