Breed of Brahmas?

[DownFunEggby37]

It's me again... So, yesterday, I asked about Demelza (chickie #1). We thought she was a dark brahma (she was a dark chick - shades of grey and browns!), but has lightened up dramatically and I'm told she's a Buff Brahma. Her coloring is so different from Caroline (chickie #2), who I thought was a Buff Brahma. Is Caroline a different variety of Brahma? (When we got them, Caroline/#2 was much lighter/yellow.)

Thanks in advance for sharing your knowledge with me.

 

[nuthatched]

Looks like brahmas with black leakage. Or a possibility is she has a dark brahma with the penciling in her background somewhere.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

They are both Buff Brahmas. Demelza just has some extra black feathering. I believe that's called 'mossiness'? It's a disqualification for showing, but for a layer or a pet hen, it doesn't cause any problems or anything. Just think of it as an easy way to tell the two of them apart!

 

[EmmaRainboe]

They’re both buff brahmas

 

[DownFunEggby37]

Looks like brahmas with black leakage. Or a possibility is she has a dark brahma with the penciling in her background somewhere.

I don't know.... I'm baffled. The first one was very dark as a new chick - now is much lighter. Both are really good girls. I can't really find a pic that looks like the first one anywhere... She has some grey feathers underneath. The second looks more typical of what I see in Buff Brahma pics. Do you suppose that the first just has some penciling in her genes somewhere down the line, then?? This is our first flock, so I really am clueless - but I adore these babies!!

 

[DownFunEggby37]

They are both Buff Brahmas. Demelza just has some extra black feathering. I believe that's called 'mossiness'? It's a disqualification for showing, but for a layer or a pet hen, it doesn't cause any problems or anything. Just think of it as an easy way to tell the two of them apart!

Fantastic!! Thank you. (I"m still figuring out how to "forum". lol) I don't think Demelza aspires to be a show bird... as long as I keep my promise to not eat her. I do like being able to tell them apart!

 

[nuthatched]

I don't know.... I'm baffled. The first one was very dark as a new chick - now is much lighter. Both are really good girls. I can't really find a pic that looks like the first one anywhere... She has some grey feathers underneath. The second looks more typical of what I see in Buff Brahma pics. Do you suppose that the first just has some penciling in her genes somewhere down the line, then?? This is our first flock, so I really am clueless - but I adore these babies!!

It could be, or sometimes chicks change appearance from down to feathers?

 

[DownFunEggby37]

They’re both buff brahmas

Thank you. <3

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

They are both Buff Brahmas. Demelza just has some extra black feathering. I believe that's called 'mossiness'? It's a disqualification for showing, but for a layer or a pet hen, it doesn't cause any problems or anything. Just think of it as an easy way to tell the two of them apart!

Exactly! Their breed is both Brahma, variety buff