Hatcery vs. breeder

[gritsar]

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Mikarod, my brahmas came from Ideal, LOL! All of them have the classic brahma "hump".
I recently had the opportunity to see the buff brahma rooster that I gave away when he was 7 weeks old (along with another dark roo and a light roo I received by mistake). OMG, he's a beautiful bird!

 

[mikarod]

Mine came from Ideal about 11 years ago! It's AMAZING how much difference there is! That's NUTS!!!!

 

[gritsar]

A couple more pics real quick:

A buff brahma hen. She's has that undesirable black lacing close to her tail, but to me she's still beautiful:

Lil'Bit and Angel:

I knew the darks were gonna have the beautiful foot feathering from the time they were 5 weeks old:

 

[mikarod]

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In all honesty. I am ASTOUNDED at how much better the birds have gotten!

Here's a photo of mine:
Mr. Mom: F1 from hatchery stock:

Raptor: F2 from Hatchery stock:

He had MUCH better feathering than Mr. Mom: