Brahma Thread

[cherylcohen]

woohoo just candled this morning the first 5 eggs from the blue/gold partridge brahma pen and they are all developing!!

 

[big medicine]

Just reading in the Poultry Press that the Ohio National will be hosting the Brahma national meet this November. Sweet.

 

[Tim63]

Yeah, its just a little late in the year and a little too far for me. I sell propane for a living and thats when I start getting a little busier. Hate to miss it!

 

[big medicine]

I am quite fortunate being located in an area with several nice shows within a couple hour drive

I am sure there is a Hank Hill joke in there somewhere

For some reason my old laptop will not allow any punctuation only < or >

 

[brahmabreeder]

So far I have one chick and four pipps. One of my eggs is doing nothing. I also got two buff hens from Ron yesterday. I'll be hatching their eggs at the end of the month or beginning of next.

 

[Tim63]

Believe me, I've heard more than a few of the Hank Hill jokes.

 

[pgpoultry]

Cheryl....watch those Blue Partridge Brahmas......they are very broody creatures. Mine just want to spend their whole summer (and believe me we don't have much to call a summer) sitting on eggs.

Oh and my Darks aren't much better. My biggest hen, Mrs Grey, four years old , hatched 4 clutches the first summer and 3 in the next two summers. This year she hasn't hatched any and has laid very little either as she is just a bit too fat....10.5 lbs at her last weigh in. Although a free range hen she is very lazy and just waits by the back door for food all day long. As alpha hen she also makes sure that she has the lion's share (or the alpha hen's share ) of anything given.

 

[brahmabreeder]

What color are light brahma chicks suppose to be? I have read all yellow and yellow with black on their backs.

 

[Tim63]

Cheryl....watch those Blue Partridge Brahmas......they are very broody creatures. Mine just want to spend their whole summer (and believe me we don't have much to call a summer) sitting on eggs.

Oh and my Darks aren't much better. My biggest hen, Mrs Grey, four years old , hatched 4 clutches the first summer and 3 in the next two summers. This year she hasn't hatched any and has laid very little either as she is just a bit too fat....10.5 lbs at her last weigh in. Although a free range hen she is very lazy and just waits by the back door for food all day long. As alpha hen she also makes sure that she has the lion's share (or the alpha hen's share ) of anything given.

Interesting, my buff bantams are the same way. It is a problem as my primary interest is breeding/exhibiting. In the spring I set eggs weekly....broody hens DON'T LAY. With the fertility issues and the excessive broodieness...the bantam buffs are a bit difficult. We usually stick Cornish eggs under the broodies. Conversely....I seldom have a light bantam go boody???? Always able to hatch two or three times as many lights. Just interesting how different lines/strains can vary in there propensity to go broody. Can't really breed it out of them as the birds I keep for breeding are excellent in one area or another. Traits i want to maintain or improve.


Tim(Hank to Gary)

 

[Tim63]

What color are light brahma chicks suppose to be? I have read all yellow and yellow with black on their backs.

In my experience. Take it or leave it.......smokey grey chicks tend to be better marked adults. The darker down color translates to better undercolor on adults, which in turn equals better saddle, hackle color. The lighter yellow looking chicks tend to be undercolored as adults for the opposite reasons I elaborated on above. You can wingband your chicks and record their particular shade of down,(I do light,medium and dark) Check them as adults and see if this proves true in your particular strain. My experience, my observation. I might add, I may not have been clear, some yellow is perfectly normal and all chicks will have some.