- Feb 19, 2016
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Hi everyone,
I'm a newbie poster here. Wondering if some of you can lend your expertise. We just started our second flock of mixed breed chickens. We have 1xfrench wheaten moran, 3xgold laced wyandottes, 1xblack araucana, 1xlavender aroucana, 1xblack splash australorp, 1xblue australorp and 1xdark pencilled brahma. We live in a residential area so we are not permitted to have a cockeral (unless he's a silent cockeral). The bird in question is the Brahma. He's 10 weeks old. I want so much for this bird to be a Chicken but I'm thinking it's a cockeral. But what stumps me is that it has pencilling on alot of its feathers but is beginning to get more dark feathers now too. Here is a few photos what do you think? Just for reference we are in Australia and it's summer here so maybe that's why he isn't feathered well like some other brahma pics of same age I've seen from around the world? Maybe it isn't even a brahma. Oh also one iridescent black feather on the back of each wing. Long neck like a cockeral . Yeah I think I know the answer, I'd just love a confirmation from an expert. Oh also does anyone know if pencilled and partridge are the same pattern/marking/thing, or are they different types? Thanks in advance!
I'm a newbie poster here. Wondering if some of you can lend your expertise. We just started our second flock of mixed breed chickens. We have 1xfrench wheaten moran, 3xgold laced wyandottes, 1xblack araucana, 1xlavender aroucana, 1xblack splash australorp, 1xblue australorp and 1xdark pencilled brahma. We live in a residential area so we are not permitted to have a cockeral (unless he's a silent cockeral). The bird in question is the Brahma. He's 10 weeks old. I want so much for this bird to be a Chicken but I'm thinking it's a cockeral. But what stumps me is that it has pencilling on alot of its feathers but is beginning to get more dark feathers now too. Here is a few photos what do you think? Just for reference we are in Australia and it's summer here so maybe that's why he isn't feathered well like some other brahma pics of same age I've seen from around the world? Maybe it isn't even a brahma. Oh also one iridescent black feather on the back of each wing. Long neck like a cockeral . Yeah I think I know the answer, I'd just love a confirmation from an expert. Oh also does anyone know if pencilled and partridge are the same pattern/marking/thing, or are they different types? Thanks in advance!