does she look like she is coming up to laying ? I thought brahama's were very late bloomers ?

[karlamaria]

She is 17 weeks old, so sweet and so shy, she is brahama or part brahama .
Here are the pictures I took of her today. she is getting pretty red, Lorps and the top is getting redder also. What do you think? I hear Brahama hens take a long time to mature, and are very late egg layers. but in the last week her comb doubled from hardly none to this, and her waddles got big fast.

 

[daver]

Mine were hatched mid April and started laying Oct 5th. I think you have a ways to go.

Dave

 

[NJchixs]

Yes a bit more to go. When she gets there, you'll see the difference.

 

[karlamaria]

thank you, I was wondering, we found 5 eggs in the hedges, and my other girls have all been laying in the boxes, Im not sure who has decided the hedge is a good idea so I was wondering if its here, she is the only one not laying yet. the eggs were a nice dark brown, thinking this bird will lay a light brown ??

 

[karlamaria]

well this morning I found a very small light colored egg, and it had a white feather stuck to it. she is my only white bird, the rest are black and red and orange. could it be her???

 

[questions543]

yes it could be! My barred rock and australorp layed an egg with a paler comb than that... Unusual for a brahma to lay an egg so soon but not unheard of.

 

[NickyPick]

My 2 lights, hatched 3/7, started laying 2 weeks ago. I was so not expecting to get anything from them until October or so. The two buffs, same age, are still pale in the face. Where did you get your pullet?

 

[karlamaria]

I got this little girl ( which she is really a giant LOL ) from a local farmer who has all kinds of chickens, she gave me eggs so my buff orphington laid on them and hatched her out and a RIR . she is the sweetest and most gentle girl. sad part is she is bullied a lot.